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Really interesting pictures of WW2 at Iwo Jima
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Posted on 11/22/2014 10:31:10 AM PST by NKP_Vet
Really interesting pictures of WW2 at Iwo Jima.
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To: caww
Shortly after their arrival on Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands, on an inspection tour, Lt. General Barney M. Giles (center) and Lt. General James Doolittle talk with personnel of the VII Fighter Command. 21 May 1945.
Gen. Doolittle (then a Lt. Col.) led the Tokyo raid on 18 April 1942.
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posted on
11/22/2014 5:43:42 PM PST
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caww
To: caww
Photo of 78th Fighter Squadron pilots who participated in the April 7, 1945 Very Long Range (VLR) Escort Mission. This was the first time AAF fighters flew over Japan.
This picture was taken on April 8, 1945 the day after our first mission. (Jerry Yellin)
(( My gosh look at the size of these men...absolutely gorgeous MEN!))
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posted on
11/22/2014 5:48:30 PM PST
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caww
To: caww
After a hot shower at "Ye Olde Iwo Jima Spa", pilots soak for ten minutes in improvised galvanized tubs filled with natural salt and sulfur water from a well on Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands.
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11/22/2014 5:51:30 PM PST
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caww
To: caww
Morning sick call in a 7th Fighter Command ambulance an Iwo Jima. The Medic is Cpl. Reaford B Williams, W/O Herman J. Diesel is the man being treated. In left background is Cpl Willard S Bennett, At extreme right (wearing glasses) is Cpl. Nolan Patterson
(Comment worth the read.....Individual comments..."My Uncle was one of the marine paratroopers at Iwo...about 4 hours after he landed he got machine gunned in both his legs, and told a Marine that said they were gonna help him ...that once they get the aid station on suribachi filled, they were gonna morter it, and they did, he layed there for 3 days and when my grandpa asked him, "How'd you go to the bathroom?" and he said, "Jerry, I already shit my pants before I hit the ground"...
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posted on
11/22/2014 5:57:57 PM PST
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caww
To: caww
Joe Rosenthal's famous photo
Gene Lowe from Hershey,Pa. is one of these men putting this American Flag in place,he was a Milton Hershey School graduate
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11/22/2014 6:02:58 PM PST
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caww
To: caww
Jerry Yellin, P-51 78th Fighter Squadron Pilot in the saddle again
SALUTE to Jerry Yellin - one of the GREATEST GENERATION.
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11/22/2014 6:05:03 PM PST
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caww
To: caww
A Marine "Oly" (L-5) coming in for a landing on Motoyama #1 on Iwo Jima, Bonin islands. The plane is used for artillery spotting. March 1945.
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11/22/2014 6:07:45 PM PST
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caww
To: caww; navyvet
Thank you so very much for posting your link, Navy Vet, that we may cherish these photos here on FR and remember the great cost of freedom and the enormously brave men who fought for it....these are fabulous photos I'd not seen before...and have humbled me once more.....
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11/22/2014 6:15:00 PM PST
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caww
To: NKP_Vet
They are all posted here now...and thank you again...WoW! Just WOW!
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11/22/2014 6:17:04 PM PST
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caww
To: caww
Thank YOU for taking the time to post all of those pics, caww!
Important bits of history that serve as reminders.
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11/22/2014 6:59:04 PM PST
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octex
To: octex
Oh I loved doing so...really an honor. Things like this i like to see here on FR because then they become ours too....in FR”s archives rahter than handing out their on other sites..
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11/22/2014 7:03:12 PM PST
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caww
To: octex; NKP_Vet
BTW Thank NKP VET for posting the link most of all....without that and him giving the go ahead we wouldn’t have them here.
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11/22/2014 7:05:04 PM PST
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caww
To: left that other site
Thanks for the photo. If there was a like button I would press it for your post.
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posted on
11/22/2014 7:11:40 PM PST
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Sawdring
To: Sawdring
Thank you so much for your kind words!
I loved my Dad so much. He passed away Sept 6, 2011, just six months after my husband died.
FR was a comfort to me both times.
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11/22/2014 7:17:45 PM PST
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left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: CyberAnt
CA, you are very welcome!
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11/23/2014 3:18:44 PM PST
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exit82
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