Thank you Mr.Chipman for you service.
To: Kartographer
My late father-in-law Gunnery Sargent John “Jack’’ Scharffenberger, 4th. Marine Division was wounded on that damned island but made it home ok. God bless them all. “When the Army and Navy ever gaze upon Heavens scenes/ they will find the streets are guarded/by United States Marines’’.
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02/19/2015 4:28:05 AM PST by
jmacusa
(Liberalism defined: When mom and dad go away for the weekend and the kids are in charge.)
To: Kartographer
The stunning heroism of the Iwo Jima veterans is unparalleled. They faced a relentlessly effective death trap and kept going no matter what it took. 6,000 dead and 25,000 horribly injured and yet they kept going. Where do we find men such as these? Will we ever see the like of them again?
I have found myself believing that this battle and others like it deprived our gene pool of the quality of selfless courage, leaving us with only the successors of the 4Fs who stayed home.
Could explain a lot, like the Vietnam antiwar movement and dweebs like Obama.
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02/19/2015 4:30:44 AM PST by
Chainmail
(A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
To: Kartographer
One of the bloodiest battles in the history of warfare.
God bless the United States Marines, and thank you for our freedom.
To: Kartographer
Soon WWII vets will be all gone...truly “The Greatest Generation”.And it won't be too long before Korean War vets are gone too.
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