[Gen.Blather]

I’m 71 and I don’t even want to drive into town.

[suasponte137]

The number of World War II vets that are still alive is becoming exponentially smaller every year

Not many of them left

[stylin19a]

Semper Fi Marine !

...Connecticut, a state from which 100 people died at Iwo Jima,
Holy Cripes !

[llevrok]

I used to do business in Japan. One of my most memorable experiences was a few days before a the 50th anniversary.

While I was in a waiting area of Tokyo’s Haneda airport, an elderly Japanese man was there with a Shinto priest. He was wearing a hat that looked much like our VFW style hats. He also had military ribbons on his suit jacket.

It was obvious to me he and the priest were en route to Iwo for the anniversary memorial.

We looked at each other and made a courtesy acknowledgment. I could not help to think had this been 50 years before,we would have been in a mortal fight.

[Nateman]

I was surprised to learn that the last Civil War veteran widow made it all the way to 2020. Her husband wanted her to get his Civil War pension but she never claimed it.

[ComputerGuy]

When my Dad’s group went back, they brought home some of that black volcanic sand from the beach.
I inherited it.

[Dr. Sivana]

He’s from Bristol. Home of ESPN and Lake Compounce.

[AlaskaErik]

My most memorable trip as a C-130 loadmaster was to Iwo Jima, where I got to see the flag raising memorial on top of Mount Suribachi.