[AngelesCrestHighway]

Keep this countries proud history alive and teach it in the classroom again!......

[Dr. Ursus]

HBO is doing a series called The Pacific starting on March,
14th about the Marines.

[GeronL]

how could this article not have included pics?

[TSgt]

God Bless the Greatest Generation

[andy58-in-nh]

I’m sure our President will be sure to mark the anniversary... with an apology to Japan.

[Pajama Blogger]

Better men than I.

[Mr. Jazzy]

Semper Fi.

[stormer]

My dad was at Iwo - I’d better give him a call.

[Da Coyote]

I’m retired USAF, but d*mn, I love the marines.

Except dead Murtha - but then again, I’m sure that the marines have written that slug out of their records anyway.

[ETL]

Note John Kerry's name at top right of The New Soldier

John Kerry, from his book, The New Soldier
"We will not quickly join those who march on Veterans' Day waving small [American] flags, calling to memory those thousands who died for the 'greater glory of the United States.'..."

"The John Kerry quote comes in the epilogue to "The New Soldier," the book put out by Vietnam Veterans Against the War [VVAW]. The book's cover features a group of not-particularly sober-looking anti-war protesters (vets, presumably) flying the American flag upside down [while mocking the historic flag raising event at Iwo Jima]":
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1203164/posts
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Click here for info about the book and the event:
http://www.randomhouse.com/features/jamesbradley/index3.html

[luvbach1]

Yes, the great photo of the flag raising on Mt. Suribachi is a glaring omission.

[Gay State Conservative]

I just responded to a post here saying that a group of Marines couldn't get there because of some SNAFU.Is this the same group or a different one? Either way it's great to hear that *these* Marines were able to get there.

The Greatest Generation? You betcha!!!

[La Enchiladita]

Awesome.
Bumping to keep the memory alive.