[Gay State Conservative]

Heroism beyond description.

After one of the battles of the Pacific (can't recall which one) a Marine general,or Navy admiral (can't recall who),summed up the performance of the Marines involved by saying that during the battle "uncommon courage was a common commodity".

That sums it up pretty well,IMO.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

My Uncle was in the “island hopping”war. He won’t really talk about it.

[Vermont Lt]

It’s on the Marine Corps memorial. From Iwo Jima. Uncommon valor was a common virtue.

[Forty-Niner]

That was Iwo Jima....it’s inscribed on the Iwo Jima flag raising Memorial in Washington DC....

[paterfamilias]

Adm. Chester Nimitz: “Uncommon valor was a common virtue.”