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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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therighttothink50 · 56-60, M

Stalag 17 is also now available on youtube. Best POW movie ever made.

Thinkerbell · 41-45, F

@therighttothink50

Yes, unlike some old war movies (where the constant wisecracking seems unrealistic), this one is really gripping.

I saw "Dunkirk" a few years back when it came out, and I got scared, sitting there in the theater, when the screaming Stukas were diving on the troops trapped on the beach.

TexChik · F

@Thinkerbell That was good. I thought U 571 was better.

therighttothink50 · 56-60, M

The wisecracking back then was a way for the men to keep their mind off battles. I assure you, if you're all serious all the time, you will eventually go crazy in a war/combat setting.@Thinkerbell