[reagandemocrat]

My dad landed at Iwo Jima, Green Beach on D-Day. 5th Marine Division; Pioneer. Stayed until the end. He left us in 1999.

I sure miss him.

[Verginius Rufus]

My dad was in the 6th Marine Division. He earned a Silver Star and a Purple Heart on Guam in 1944 and a Bronze Star and another Purple Heart on Okinawa in 1945. He was wounded seriously enough on Okinawa to be out of action for several months, but would have taken part in the invasion of Japan if that had been necessary.

Once when I was visiting him, the movie Sands of Iwo Jima came on and we watched it together. He thought it was a realistic depiction of combat (of course he had not been on Iwo Jima himself).