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Marine Corps admits misidentifying Iwo Jima flag-raiser

By Gabriella Ciuffetelli
Published June 23, 2016 4:21pm ET
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Marine Corps admits misidentifying Iwo Jima flag-raiser
On Thursday, an internal Marine Corps investigation revealed that Pfc. Harold Schultz, and not Navy Corpsman John Bradley, was one of the flag raisers. (AP Photo/Joe Rosenthal, File) | Joe Rosenthal

The Marine Corps has admitted it misidentified one of the flag raisers in one of history’s most iconic war photos.

The photo, which was taken by the Associated Press’s Joe Rosenthal during the battle on Iwo Jima in World War II, was used to boost morale in the U.S. and went “viral in the 1945 equivalent of the word,” according to Marine Corps historian Charles Neimeyer.

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