William Genaust was the Marine Corps photographer who stood beside Joseph Rosenthal atop Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, and captured color movie images of the famous flag-raising 75 years ago today.  Genaust never got off of the island as he was killed in action 9 days later and his remains were never recovered.  Rosenthal would win the Pulitzer Prize for his famous photograph.  Back in 1998 I read a book titled "Immortal Images" by Tedd Thomey.  In the book Tedd mentioned that Genaust had graduated from high school in Pipestone, MN, which is where I graduated.  I had never heard of this man before reading the book.  I started corresponding with Mr. Thomey and together we contacted the local newspaper in Pipestone and they soon put together a two part series of articles about the forgotten hometown hero.   Thomey and I created a framed tribute to William and presented it to the city.  The tribute now hangs in the city library.  I was fortunate enough to track down a high school yearbook from the year that Genaust graduated which he had signed in two places.