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Retired marine whose troops planted US flag on Iwo Jima dies
The Associated Press ^
| August 6, 2021
Posted on 08/06/2021 11:17:36 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
SAN DIEGO — Dave Severance, a retired U.S. Marine colonel whose troops were the first to plant an American flag over the Japanese island of Iwo Jima during World War II, has died. He was 102.
Severance died Monday at his home in the San Diego suburb of La Jolla, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune.
On Feb. 23, 1945 about 40 members of Severance’s company were sent up Mount Suribachi with orders to plant the flag.
A short time later, another group was sent up with a second flag to replace the first. That iconic image was captured by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal who won a Pulitzer Prize.
Severance spent his retirement quietly trying to set the record straight that there were two flag-raisings that February morning in 1945.
Severance retired from the Marine Corps in 1968 following 32 years of service. After leading Marines in WWII, he went on to fly nearly 70 missions in Korea as an aviator.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Japan; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iwajima; iwojima; usmarine; worldwarii; ww2
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Semper Fi, Marine.
Rest in Peace, bro.....................
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posted on
08/06/2021 11:18:11 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Oldeconomybuyer; archy; xzins; SandRat; HarleyLady27; BlackFemaleArmyColonel; Interesting Times; ...
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posted on
08/06/2021 11:25:37 AM PDT
by
GreyFriar
(Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
08/06/2021 11:26:54 AM PDT
by
lightman
(I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Somehow, “Thank you for your service” seems inadequate for a man like this. God speed, Sir. Time to go home.
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posted on
08/06/2021 11:29:15 AM PDT
by
D_Idaho
("For we wrestle not against flesh and blood...")
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Not many of that generation left, unfortunately.
Rest in peace.
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
08/06/2021 11:32:42 AM PDT
by
SuperLuminal
(Where is another Sam Adams now that we desperately need him?)
To: GreyFriar
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posted on
08/06/2021 11:33:14 AM PDT
by
knarf
(qa)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Semper Fi
La Jolla is one of the most beautiful places ever, glad he could live out his years there after the hell he experienced.
Eleanor Roosevelt said:
“The Marines I have seen around the world have the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale, and the lowest morals of any group of animals I have ever seen.
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posted on
08/06/2021 11:35:04 AM PDT
by
Jolla
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Thank you, Colonel. The flag up there was inspirational.
Also remember though: several of the men who actually planted the flag didn’t make it off of Iwo Jima alive.
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posted on
08/06/2021 11:36:12 AM PDT
by
libertylover
(Our biggest problem by far is that most of the news media is hate & agenda driven, not truth driven.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
RIP Marine, we thank you for your service to America and to our freedom.
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posted on
08/06/2021 11:41:02 AM PDT
by
PROCON
(Our rights do not come from government, therefore they cannot take them away.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
My Dad invaded Iwo Jima. He landed about noon on D-Day. He was a Navy Pharmacist's Mate (Medic). His group landed and was mortared back into the ocean and had to come in again a short time later.
It's inevitable but sad as these connections with that era pass. It is truly the end of an era that so many alive today don't appreciate. I guess that is inevitable, too.
Rest in peace. You earned it.
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posted on
08/06/2021 11:52:22 AM PDT
by
stevem
To: D_Idaho
Well they don’t call it the greatest generation for nothing . I wonder if the kids today even know about that day. Sigh, times they are a changing.....
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posted on
08/06/2021 11:54:26 AM PDT
by
redshawk
( I want my red balloon. ( https://youtu.be/zNLpfEDliV0)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
08/06/2021 11:56:21 AM PDT
by
Jane Austen
(Neo-cons are liberal Democrats who love illegal aliens and war.)
To: stevem
Wow... About your Dad. Hugggs
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posted on
08/06/2021 11:58:56 AM PDT
by
redshawk
( I want my red balloon. ( https://youtu.be/zNLpfEDliV0)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
08/06/2021 11:59:13 AM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(DEFEAT THE COUP D'ETAT BY THE STALINAZI DERP STATE !)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
One of my favorite places in D.C.
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posted on
08/06/2021 12:06:55 PM PDT
by
Cuttnhorse
(Nothing dies harder than a lie that people want to believe)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
May his soul rest in peace.
May Perpetual Light shine upon him.
I am just finishing up “The Rifle” by Andy Biggio. Highly recommend it.
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posted on
08/06/2021 12:09:16 PM PDT
by
Bigg Red
(Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
To: Bigg Red
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posted on
08/06/2021 12:09:51 PM PDT
by
Jane Long
(America, Bless God....blessed be the Nation.)
To: Jolla
Eleanor Roosevelt (spit!)
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posted on
08/06/2021 12:10:44 PM PDT
by
Bigg Red
(Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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