Word: heroicizes
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Does the very anonymity of Joe Rosenthal's photo make them seem more heroic...
Rosenthal always claimed that if he'd composed it, he would have ruined it, because he would have said, "I can't see your faces." It symbolized the whole country being heroic rather than an individual Medal of Honor winner...
...Powers's book, recounting the story of the three survivors of the flag raising on Iwo Jima during World War II. The event produced the most famous photographic image of the war, and the men were returned home to lead a war-bond tour during which they were heroically lionized. None felt they had done anything exceptional, and Eastwood's film (one of two he has made about Iwo Jima, the other from the Japanese point of view) becomes a meditation on what does and does not constitute heroic behavior, The director sat down with his friend, TIME's Richard...
...Does the very anonymity of the Joe Rosenthal picture make them seem more heroic...
...Rosenthal always claimed that if he'd composed it he would have ruined it - because he would have said I can't see your faces, and "Come on, fellows, clear your hands there." You know how people do. It symbolized the whole country being heroic, rather than an individual Medal of Honor winner...