The Native Marine In America’s Most Famous WWII Photograph – And What Happened After He Came Home
On the far left, a young man with his left hand on the pole.
His face is partially turned away from the camera.
He is one of the six.
He is twenty-two years old.
He has been on this island for four days.
In those four days, he has seen things that will stay with him for the rest of his life, which will last only ten more years.
Three of the six men in this photograph will be dead within the month.
The battle for this island is not over.