Is it true that the photographers on Iwo Jima arranged it so that a Native
American soldier was part of the flag- raising, or is that my cynical mind's re-
working of my cynical history studies?  Unfortunately, I don't have a reference
library in the office.  (I do know that one of the flag- raisers was Native
American, and that he died a horrible death, but I don't remember his name.
Again, reference- library problem. But was he chosen becuase of his race?)

Still, I'd like to make a point:  Monuments are propaganda. News photos are
propaganda.  Propaganda (and anything human- made, used to make a point, can be
considered propaganda) is INVARIABLY a manipulation of the truth.  It's the
manipulation that helps us feel so strongly about an image.
And Americans have been manipulating images to show racial inclusion for many,
many years, long before the phrase "political correctness" came into being.

If you need proof, ask me tomorrow and I'll provide it later this week, after I
get a chance to look up some history images.

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