1 posted on
03/17/2006 2:50:53 PM PST by
SandRat
To: 2LT Radix jr; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; 80 Square Miles; A Ruckus of Dogs; acad1228; AirForceMom; ..
Remembering/Honoring the Fallen at Iwo Jima.
2 posted on
03/17/2006 2:51:30 PM PST by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: SandRat
Wow, once again how do you thank these AMERICANS.
All I can say is THANK YOU FOR MY FREEDOM!!!
3 posted on
03/17/2006 2:56:12 PM PST by
Patriot Hooligan
("God have mercy on my enemies because I won't." General George S. Patton)
To: SandRat
I'm just glad CNN wasn't around then to amplify Tokyo Rose.
To: DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet
To: SandRat
Keith M. Little, a Marine veteran and Navajo code talker, was one of the 35 Iwo Jima veterans who shared their stories with the Marines that day.Those guys were just cool.
9 posted on
03/17/2006 3:04:33 PM PST by
StarCMC
(All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing...thank you Sarge.)
To: SandRat
My father was there and he was ARMY! The Marines have a good propaganda machine. ;0)
11 posted on
03/17/2006 3:09:02 PM PST by
cibco
(Xin Loi... Saddam)
To: SandRat
6000 Marines were killed on Iwo Jima and sleep in a cemetery on this tiny speck of sulfur rock in the Pacific where the opening battle took place of what would have been the invasion of the Japanese homeland.
At the gateway to the cemetery someone carved a tribute in stone:
"When you go home,
Tell them for us and say,
For your tomorrow,
We gave our today."
Think of that poem the next time you see someone burning the American flag.
To: SandRat
Sadly, most of the survivors are gone. The youngest survivors are almost 80.
14 posted on
03/17/2006 3:24:20 PM PST by
fso301
To: SandRat
“War is a poor way to solve differences.”
Sadly, sometimes it's the ONLY way.
16 posted on
03/17/2006 3:35:45 PM PST by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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