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Video: Rare Footage of a Catholic Mass Aboard a Ship On Its Way to Iwo Jima
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| November 10, 2014
| ZOE ROMANOWSKY
Posted on 08/06/2015 6:59:00 AM PDT by NKP_Vet
This short color film was shot on Monday, February 12, 1945, on a tank landing ship on its way to the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II. It is likely, given the number of deaths in the battle, some of the men shown in this film never made it back. The film depicts Mass being celebrated on board the ship during high seas. The white liturgical vestments of the chaplain indicate a holy day: That year, February 12 was the eve of Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday. This remarkable footage brings to mind the men and women who have given their lives over the years in service to their country.
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"It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived." ~ Gen George S. Patton
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08/06/2015 6:59:00 AM PDT
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NKP_Vet
To: NKP_Vet
Astonishing how well preserved that film is. Any idea who had it, where it was kept?
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08/06/2015 7:03:42 AM PDT
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NorthMountain
("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
To: NKP_Vet
The commie lib college kiddies aren’t going to like this. Taxpayer dollars were used to pay for the film and the camera. There is going to be a lot of hysteria on the Berkeley campii when the little kiddies hear about this.
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08/06/2015 7:03:42 AM PDT
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FlingWingFlyer
(The trouble with America is that it's full of Americans. - King Obonzo)
To: NKP_Vet
To: NKP_Vet
Thank God most of these men aren’t around to see what the current occupant of the White House is doing to the country they fought for.
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08/06/2015 7:04:04 AM PDT
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skeeter
To: NKP_Vet
A rough sea state: look at all the rolling reflected in the movements of the priest and the men.
Look at the serious expressions of all those young men. They knew what they were in for.
God bless and keep them.
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08/06/2015 7:04:46 AM PDT
by
Chainmail
(A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
To: NKP_Vet
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08/06/2015 7:05:20 AM PDT
by
Claud
To: FlingWingFlyer
I recall bitterly, a thread on FR where some Leftist hive on the Left Coast threw out the memorial to COL Pappy Boyington, USMC, because according to the hipsters he was a hateful warmonger.
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08/06/2015 7:06:06 AM PDT
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Old Sarge
(I prep because DHS and FEMA told me it was a good idea...)
To: Chainmail
Yes, God bless them.
No Communion in the hand in those days.
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08/06/2015 7:07:27 AM PDT
by
laplata
( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
To: NKP_Vet
They truly were America’s Greatest Generation.
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08/06/2015 7:07:50 AM PDT
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Eric in the Ozarks
("If he were working for the other side, what would he be doing differently ?")
To: Old Sarge
The commie left hate this country and work hard towards its destruction. They want to destroy everything American.
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08/06/2015 7:10:59 AM PDT
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FlingWingFlyer
(The trouble with America is that it's full of Americans. - King Obonzo)
To: NKP_Vet
My Dad or Uncles could be in that crowd
its amusing how they are swaying in unison with the rolling of the ship, like some choreographed dance going on in the Mass. You never see that in church!
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08/06/2015 7:11:10 AM PDT
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PGR88
To: NKP_Vet
Saw the other night on PBS (I believe) a documentary on Bill Genaust, one of movie photogs assigned by the Army to film the battle on Iwo Jima. He recorded like 14 reels of color footage before himself was killed flushing out the enemy from a cave. His most famous clip is the raising of the second American flag on Iwo Jima. Good stuff.
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08/06/2015 7:12:32 AM PDT
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sjm_888
To: PGR88
its amusing how they are swaying in unison with the rolling of the ship, like some choreographed dance going on in the Mass. After a few weeks at sea, they probably thought they were standing still.
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08/06/2015 7:15:10 AM PDT
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NorthMountain
("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
To: NKP_Vet
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08/06/2015 7:18:10 AM PDT
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rfreedom4u
(Chris Stevens won't be running for president.)
To: NKP_Vet
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08/06/2015 7:21:15 AM PDT
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Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: NKP_Vet
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08/06/2015 7:21:41 AM PDT
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Batman11
(The orange, weeping, drunk, squishy oompah-loompah and Yertle McTurd-le gotta go!)
To: NKP_Vet
I have a photograph on the wall at home showing my Dad receiving communion at sea while on convoy duty in the No. Atlantic in 1942. He was radio operator on a Q ship. He said it had been rough for days, but the Atlantic went flat calm when the Mass started.
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08/06/2015 7:24:38 AM PDT
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Kolokotronis
(Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated)
To: sjm_888
Saw the other night on PBS (I believe) a documentary on Bill Genaust, one of movie photogs assigned by the Army to film the battle on Iwo Jima. He recorded like 14 reels of color footage before himself was killed flushing out the enemy from a cave. His most famous clip is the raising of the second American flag on Iwo Jima. Good stuff. My bad, not on PBS but History Channel. Here is a link about the show, along with upcoming show times.
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08/06/2015 7:38:02 AM PDT
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sjm_888
To: NKP_Vet
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