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The FReeper Foxhole Remembers Iwo Jima - Feb. 19th, 2003
http://www.angelfire.com/wa/redwoodsigns/iwojima.html ^

Posted on 02/19/2003 5:36:51 AM PST by SAMWolf

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To: skeeter
I hear you. Here's something cool I think you'll want to see. The Navajo Code Talkers (many of whom participated in the battle for Iwo Jima) have an association and this appears on their web page:

--- NCTA Proclamation In Response to Sept 11, 2001 Attack ---

In response to the terrorist attack on America, September 11, 2001, the Navajo Code Talker Association, at their NCTA meeting Thursday, Sept. 27, 2001, a proclamation was read and approved:

"PROCLAMATION OF THE NAVAJO CODE TALKERS ASSOCIATION DECLARING THE READINESS AND DESIRE OF THE NAVAJO CODE TALKERS TO SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN HIS ANTI-TERRORISM STANCE AND TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO OUR GREAT AND BELOVED COUNTRY IN THIS TIME OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY."


(These guys sound like they're ready to strap it on again. Those protesters ought to be so damned ashamed of themselves.)
61 posted on 02/19/2003 9:18:57 AM PST by DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet ("Uncommon valor was a common virtue." - Admiral Chester Nimitz)
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To: SAMWolf

Memorial in Newington Connecticut.


62 posted on 02/19/2003 9:19:30 AM PST by RaceBannon
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To: SAMWolf

63 posted on 02/19/2003 9:20:50 AM PST by RaceBannon
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To: RaceBannon

We thank you and your mom for your service.

64 posted on 02/19/2003 9:23:04 AM PST by SAMWolf (To look into the eyes of the wolf is to see your soul)
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To: RaceBannon
Thanks for posting those, Race. The man who organized the creation of that monument (an Iwo vet, of course) has actually called me (he met an Iwo vet who knew someone I knew, and actually bothered to pick up the phone and let me know) - he's another hero of mine.

65 posted on 02/19/2003 9:23:10 AM PST by DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet ("Uncommon valor was a common virtue." - Admiral Chester Nimitz)
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To: RaceBannon
Thanks RaceBannon. Good pictures.
66 posted on 02/19/2003 9:24:28 AM PST by SAMWolf (To look into the eyes of the wolf is to see your soul)
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To: DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet
Was that Doc Gentile?
67 posted on 02/19/2003 9:26:52 AM PST by RaceBannon
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To: SAMWolf
In gratitude and silence.
68 posted on 02/19/2003 9:27:43 AM PST by tictoc
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To: RaceBannon
Speaking of moms, here's mine. This is the woman my dad left behind when he went off to Great Lakes, Camp Pendleton, Camp Maui and finally Iwo. (After he left California, I think, Mom was not allowed know where he was):


69 posted on 02/19/2003 9:29:56 AM PST by DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet ("Uncommon valor was a common virtue." - Admiral Chester Nimitz)
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To: RaceBannon
Yes, Dr. Gentile. Very cool guy.
70 posted on 02/19/2003 9:30:43 AM PST by DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet ("Uncommon valor was a common virtue." - Admiral Chester Nimitz)
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To: SAMWolf
Hello Sam.

The Perilous Fight tonight

71 posted on 02/19/2003 9:31:51 AM PST by top of the world ma
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To: top of the world ma
Hi Top of the World Mom. Thanks for the link.

I would have bet that you were going to post "Sands of Iwo Jima".
72 posted on 02/19/2003 9:35:08 AM PST by SAMWolf (To look into the eyes of the wolf is to see your soul)
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To: AntiJen
Present!
73 posted on 02/19/2003 9:37:10 AM PST by manna
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To: coteblanche
I've got a picture of my dad's stretcher partner. I'll post it later today. (That poem will stay with me a long time. I sure thought of this young medic as I was reading it.)
74 posted on 02/19/2003 9:37:39 AM PST by DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet ("Uncommon valor was a common virtue." - Admiral Chester Nimitz)
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To: Chad Fairbanks
: ) (Thanks again for thinking to ping me.)
75 posted on 02/19/2003 9:39:32 AM PST by DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet ("Uncommon valor was a common virtue." - Admiral Chester Nimitz)
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To: SAMWolf
Too obvious! :-) I own the History Channel tape on this battle and the story of the two flag raisings on Iwo.

I received in the mail yesterday a letter from the D-Day Museum in NO. They need money to expand. I'm going to forward a small donation. I sincerely want to be a part of that effort. Have a great day, Sam!

76 posted on 02/19/2003 9:47:45 AM PST by top of the world ma
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To: SAMWolf
Here's an oldie but goodie substitute:

The Pride of the Marines

77 posted on 02/19/2003 9:56:09 AM PST by top of the world ma
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To: top of the world ma
LOL! You're just trying to keep us on our toes at he Foxhole.
78 posted on 02/19/2003 9:59:29 AM PST by SAMWolf (To look into the eyes of the wolf is to see your soul)
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To: SAMWolf; AntiJen
The days were full of fear and nights offered terror. The Marines were sleeping on ground that the Japanese had practiced how to crawl over in the darkness, they knew every inch.

Powerful post, thank you. Dang, can't read about these battles without crying. You guys are so brave. Thank you.

Somewhere in the many discussions about the useful idiots marching without a clue last weekend, a freeper mentioned the different leadership styles of Hitler and Churchill...that Hitler, the coward, could order the mass-murder of a population, or an invasion of a neighboring country...from the safety of his "office" while Churchill watched the bombs fall on London and followed his men carefully.

Fast forward to Clinton, who couldn't be bothered to attend the daily national security briefings, while President Bush gets an earful of our enemies' plans during two daily security briefings and constant contact with the Pentagon, DOS, our allies.

Reality is painful. Those making the most noise on the world stage today are the least informed and the most cowardly, imho.


79 posted on 02/19/2003 9:59:31 AM PST by Ragtime Cowgirl ("If you are going through hell, keep going."-Sir Winston Churchill)
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Thanks Ragtime Cowgirl.
80 posted on 02/19/2003 10:06:06 AM PST by SAMWolf (To look into the eyes of the wolf is to see your soul)
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