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I Am Interested In Ww1 and Ww2

Today is the 75th anniversary of the battle of Iwo Jima

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofSF463vpCQ]

[i]Threescore and fifteen years ago,
 
On Iwo Jima's scoriac stones
 
Many a young man bled and died
 
For country, God or emperor.
 

 
Now looking at this desolate isle
 
Today, but little more remains
 
Than mostly unkempt monuments
 
And dreadful artifacts of war,
 
Rusting where they fell, so long ago.[/i]
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Virgo79 · 61-69, M
I had the honor of knowing a marine that was there😕
Thinkerbell · 41-45, F
@Virgo79

I'm glad he made it back home.
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Thinkerbell · 41-45, F
@Virgo79

He may have been in this group of marines.

Virgo79 · 61-69, M
@Thinkerbell very possible, he was a tall lanky guy as I knew him.
Thinkerbell · 41-45, F
@Virgo79

The one on the right looks pretty tall and lanky.

Virgo79 · 61-69, M
@Thinkerbell true,although I think he said he watched the flag being raised but wasn't part of it.
He bought some interesting things home😕 lol.