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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 · Joe Rosenthal/AP Photo. -- James Bradley, the author of "Flags of Our Fathers," is convinced that his father John Bradley did raise an American flag on Iwo Jima's Mount Suribachi, but not the one captured in the iconic photo that popularized a later flag-raising.
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...
Jan 12, 1994 · John Bradley, the last survivor of the six servicemen in the World War II photograph of raising the United States flag on Iwo Jima, died today at Langlade Memorial Hospital. He was 70. He...
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. Was he so reticent about the fame that enveloped...
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. By the Staff of Naval History. August 2016. Naval History Magazine. Volume 30, Number 4. Article. View Issue. Comments.
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.
