Posted on 06/29/2007 6:43:46 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
At Fort Snelling Friday, the nation bid farewell to a true World War II hero. Marine Chuck Lindberg was laid to rest at Fort Snelling National Cemetery.
The thundering jet fighters and some vintage WWII planes flew overhead to pay tribute. And it was well deserved.
Lindberg was the last survivor of the first flag-raising on Iwo Jima's Mount Suribachi. But his moment was overshadowed by a second flag-raising. He spent a lifetime correcting the record.
Still, on this Friday at Fort Snelling, there was no doubt about history's record.
During the ceremony one of Lindberg's daughters, Diane Steiger said "The angels needn't worry tonight, another Marine has arrived. Our hero has gone home, the heavens are safer tonight."
This year's Independence Day will be extra special for your's truly.
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Simper Fi for Mr. Lindberg and your dad. We are losing the Greatest Generation too fast.
Yesterday, our local TV profiled a fighter pilot who fought in the battle of Midway. What a man!
God bless these heroes.
“Yesterday, our local TV profiled a fighter pilot who fought in the battle of Midway. What a man!”
If you have a link, post it up.
Sorry, no link. Their website will only post current news for a few hours then the links are taken down.
There's a poignancy to eras that pass from living memory. I think folks that accomplish what they did are special.
“I consider it no sacrifice to die for my country. In my mind, we came here to thank God that men like these have lived rather than to regret that they have died.”
General George S. Patton
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