redrum Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 I wrote a letter to my brother yesterday and when I dated it I realized that Feb. 19th was the day the Marines invaded Iwo Jima. I found this site on Joe Rosenthal who took the flag raising pic. Also, pics of iwo Jima today. I met a vet who fought there and he was a camera repairman in San Francisco. My landlord's brother also fought there and brought back a beautiful, hand carved pipe with Japanese writing on it. But it's mind boggling to think that almost 30,000 men were killed on the island in one month. http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2010/04/27/on-war-joe-rosenthal-and-iwo-jima/1743/ http://www.iwojima.com/today.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted February 24, 2013 Author Share Posted February 24, 2013 No one wants to check out Joe's unseen photos from Iwo and other Pacific battles? For shame! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Dawg Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 Great pics, great story and I am forever grateful or their sacrifices for my freedom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepscoda Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Thanks for the links redrum....the men on that island went through a hell you and I will never comprehend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepscoda Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 I found this site....."The Battle Of Iwo Jima: 5 Things You Didn't Know."... http://www.banderasnews.com/1003/nw-iwojima.htm 1- The Battle of Iwo Jima accounted for 1/3 of all Medal of Honor awards for U.S. Marines in WWII 2- The Battle of Iwo Jima was the costliest battle in U.S. Marine Corps. history 3- The U.S. returned the island to Japan 4- Two soldiers didn’t surrender until 1949 5- Navajo code talkers were credited with winning the Battle of Iwo Jima Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted February 26, 2013 Author Share Posted February 26, 2013 Great pics, great story and I am forever grateful or their sacrifices for my freedom. I thought you would like them. Many I'd never seen before and I never knew that Rosenthal was at these other battles. He's damned lucky to have gotten out alive himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted February 26, 2013 Author Share Posted February 26, 2013 Thanks for the links redrum....the men on that island went through a hell you and I will never comprehend. I have a cassette tape of the actual invasion recorded originally on a wire recorder. It's amazing to hear the prop planes firing rockets at the Japs and the reporter describing the beach landing. There's some humor too and a part where a Marine tells the reporter that someone stole a Jap flag from him after he was wounded. http://www.pimall.co...rerecorder.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted February 26, 2013 Author Share Posted February 26, 2013 I found this site....."The Battle Of Iwo Jima: 5 Things You Didn't Know."... http://www.banderasn.../nw-iwojima.htm 1- The Battle of Iwo Jima accounted for 1/3 of all Medal of Honor awards for U.S. Marines in WWII 2- The Battle of Iwo Jima was the costliest battle in U.S. Marine Corps. history 3- The U.S. returned the island to Japan 4- Two soldiers didn't surrender until 1949 5- Navajo code talkers were credited with winning the Battle of Iwo Jima The Code Talkers had the Japs totally bamboozled. It was a true slaughterhouse. A good book on Iwo is titled 'The Friendly Dead' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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