Comments on: A Hero’s Silent Departure http://militarygear.com/asp/2007/06/26/a-heros-silent-departure/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-heros-silent-departure The Web’s Leading Military Blog Since 2004 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:29:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sam http://militarygear.com/asp/2007/06/26/a-heros-silent-departure/#comment-86593 Sam Sat, 22 Jan 2011 20:33:03 +0000 http://militarygear.com/asp/2007/06/26/a-heros-silent-departure/#comment-86593 I love this pic... but you have some information wrong. Mike Strank was not sent up the mountain with the flag. That was Rene Gagnon. Mike was already at the top with John, Franklin, Harlon, and Ira. Rene joined them at the top and they all raised the flag. Mike did not take the picture... it was another man. There was also someone there who filmed it. You can get all of this information from the book Flags of our Fathers written by (the corpsman) John's son, James Bradley. You were right about this picture being the second flag raising though. I love this pic… but you have some information wrong. Mike Strank was not sent up the mountain with the flag. That was Rene Gagnon. Mike was already at the top with John, Franklin, Harlon, and Ira. Rene joined them at the top and they all raised the flag. Mike did not take the picture… it was another man. There was also someone there who filmed it. You can get all of this information from the book Flags of our Fathers written by (the corpsman) John’s son, James Bradley.
You were right about this picture being the second flag raising though.

]]> By: JT http://militarygear.com/asp/2007/06/26/a-heros-silent-departure/#comment-56760 JT Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:30:04 +0000 http://militarygear.com/asp/2007/06/26/a-heros-silent-departure/#comment-56760 I love that photo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love that photo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

]]> By: TomorosHeros http://militarygear.com/asp/2007/06/26/a-heros-silent-departure/#comment-52995 TomorosHeros Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:56:12 +0000 http://militarygear.com/asp/2007/06/26/a-heros-silent-departure/#comment-52995 That pic. will represent us now and in the future boys"I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country." --Nathan Hale That pic. will represent us now and in the future boys”I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country.”
–Nathan Hale

]]> By: sealpatriot http://militarygear.com/asp/2007/06/26/a-heros-silent-departure/#comment-35286 sealpatriot Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:21:21 +0000 http://militarygear.com/asp/2007/06/26/a-heros-silent-departure/#comment-35286 "May we never forget the sacrifices of our nation's defenders, wherever our government sends us."-Last statement from Post I think Some people forget too easily. “May we never forget the sacrifices of our nation’s defenders, wherever our government sends us.”-Last statement from Post

I think Some people forget too easily.

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