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John Henry "Jack" "Doc" Bradley (July 10, 1923 – January 11, 1994) was a United States Navy Hospital corpsman who was awarded the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism while serving with the Marines during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II.
May 3, 2016 · Bradley said he only recently concluded his father was not involved in the second flag-raising after seeing the work of the two amateur historians.
May 3, 2016 · Mr. Bradley said that his father had met with the sculptor of the memorial, who based some of the figures on his body. All of the men identified in the photograph are dead. Three of the men died...
May 3, 2016 · John 'Doc' Bradley rarely spoke about the Iwo Jima flag raising and refused practically all media interview requests about the famous photo.
An official Marine Corps investigation into one of the most iconic images in American history has stirred doubts about the involvement of alleged Iwo Jima flag raiser John Bradley. Here’s what he told the Navy in 1945.
Oct 11, 2015 · On February 19, 1945, John landed at Iwo Jima assigned to E Company, 2 nd Battalion, 28 th Marine Regiment, 5 th Marine Division. Every night John would reorganize his Unit 3, a corpsman’s pouch, and memorize the location of every item so he could reach for it in the chaos of battle and find it without fail.
May 26, 2021 · Five days into the battle, the Marines fought their way to the top of Mount Suribachi. John Bradley was among them, and he was one of the soldiers who planted the first flag atop Mount Suribachi at Iwo Jima. Lou Lowery of Leatherneck Magazine snapped a photo of him and others clutching the flagpole. This is where the story takes an odd twist.
