Before Rosenthal died in 2006 at age 94 , he told Buell he never got over the controversy . Many thought the famous photo of U.S. Marines raising the flag at Iwo Island was staged . David Buell , a former executive copy ##writer with the Associated Press , explains what happened .
Many thought the famous photo of U.S. Marines raising the flag at Iwo Island was staged . David Buell , a former executive copy ##writer with the Associated Press , explains what happened .