Posted on 04/08/2002 2:18:55 PM PDT by gunnyg
Sgt Ray Jacobs is searching for the Marines of Easy Company, 2dBattalion, 28thMarines,5thMarine Division--Iwo Jima 1945!
Jacobs who was recently officially recognized as the radioman in the S/Sgt Lou Lowery (Leatherneck magazine)photos of 23 February 1945, is now seeking to identify all the individuals in Lowery's numerous photos of that morning so long ago.
If you are, and/or if you know of anyone who was a Marine/Navy Corpsman on Iwo Jima, please forward this info on to him/post to messageboards/pass on to all Marines, etc.
The following is a roster of the 3d platoon of Easy Company, which composed the majority of that patrol which first raised our national colors on Suribachi that day.
Please contact Ray Jacobs at RAY1JACOBS@msn.com
Thank you, and Semper Fidelis Dick Gaines GySgt USMC(ret.) 1952-72
One the way to the beech at Iwo Jima in 1945.
i love reading about the Marines in WW2. 'Flags Of Our Fathers' is a great book.
one time i was riding the bus in San Francisco and i was reading 'Strong Men Armed' by Robert Leckie and there was an older gent who sat next to me and noticed the book. well, he told me that he was on Iwo Jima and that if there was ever a hell on earth, that was it. he said they had captured a jap and as they were walking him back to the beach the jap kept falling to the ground trying to smother himself and commit suicide.
when they finally got to the beach he said that when the jap saw all the ships and military might out there, he resigned himself to capture and stopped struggling.
the Marine said that the best thing about the whole ordeal was when he got back to the ship a sailor brought him a huge slice of ice cold watermelon. he then said he slept on the deck for 24 hours straight.
seeing recent pics of iwo jima it's pretty amazing how much green is growing there.
Best
Dick Gaines
Wish I had saved all those e-mails now!
So much for taking the word of the "experts" that these were all phonies--always listen to your own heart-then decide.
Dick
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