Posted on 08/21/2002 3:13:27 PM PDT by gunnyg
The following Pics sent to me by Mr. Greg Latino
gclatino@rcn.com
who attended the recent dedication of this new iwo Jima Memorial!
Also attending were the now TWO living survivors of that event, Sgt Ray Jacobs, and Cpl Charles Lindberg.
The memorial depicts the flag-raising on Mount Suribachi on 23 February 1945 (not the replacement flag--the first flag raising!).
BTW, has anyone seen any national media coverage of this event? I have been watching for it, but I must have missed it. If, no media coverage, perhaps HQMC or Leatherneck magazine???
Semper Fidelis
Dick Gaines
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The hot early morning sun warms up the skies over the Iwo Jima Memorial, Monday, Aug. 19, 2002, in Washington. The Washington Monument and the U.S. Capitol are in the background
(AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
Who holds Iwo Jima these days? Did Carter give it to Communist China?
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