So much for global warming, compare the shoreline of the two photos 65 years apart of the beach shot from Mt Suribachi. Looks like the ocean has receded rather than risen. Tidal ranges for Iwo Jima are not that large.
I’ve become a WW2 addict, I wasn’t sure why, your statement here made me aware why: THIS WAS WHEN MEN WERE MEN. I can’t stand these metrosexual, feminist, politically correct, times we’re in.
My dad was a lifer in the Army, 2nd Armored Division under George Patton.