Harold Schultz
| Harold Schultz | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 28, 1925 Detroit, Michigan |
| Died | May 16, 1995 Los Angeles, California |
| Status | Survived |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Branch | United States Marine Corps Reserve |
| Years of service | 1943–1945 |
| Rank | Private First Class |
| Service number | |
| Unit | Company E, 2nd Battalion, 28th Marines, 5th Marine Division |
| Commands held | |
| Battles / wars | Battle of Iwo Jima |
| Awards | Purple Heart, Presidential Unit Citation |
| Relations | |
| Later work | Mail sorter for the United States Postal Service until 1981 |
Harold Henry Schultz (January 28, 1925 – May 16, 1995) was a United States Marine and one of the six men who raised the second U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima on February 23, 1945, the moment captured in Joe Rosenthal's iconic photograph.
Born in Detroit, Michigan, Schultz entered the Marine Corps Reserve in December 1943 and served with Company E, 2nd Battalion, 28th Marines, where he was wounded in action at Iwo Jima.
Flag raising on Mount Suribachi
[edit]On June 23, 2016, following an investigation prompted by photographic analysis, the Marine Corps announced that Schultz — not the Navy corpsman John Bradley, who had been credited for 71 years — was one of the six men in Rosenthal's photograph, in the second-from-left position. Schultz never publicly claimed a place in the photograph during his lifetime.
Legacy
[edit]After his discharge, Schultz moved to Los Angeles and worked as a mail sorter for the U.S. Postal Service until retiring in 1981. He married Rita Reyes late in life and died in Los Angeles in 1995 — the last surviving person depicted in the photograph, though his role was not publicly recognized until more than two decades after his death.