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

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[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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samueltyler2 · 80-89, M

An amazing, little spoken about, was trying to convince the GIs sent to Europe that there was a reason to fight the Nazis. They knew about the "sneak attack" on Pearl Harbor, but were unconvinced about the Holocaust. The GIs that eventually liberated the camps had no idea what they were! The US refused to accept Jews that were trying to escape the deaths that they faced. That subtle antisemitism is not so subtle now in the middle east!

DogMan · 61-69, M

@samueltyler2 That could be true for some of the GI's. My dad was drafted into the 88th
infantry as a rifleman. He never mentioned anything like that. I also read all his letters
that he wrote to his mom, and he did not mention it. He did however, tell his mom many
times not to worry, that the 88th would crush the German Army, and he would be home for
Christmas. He didn't get home for Christmas, but the 88th did in fact crush the Germans
in every battle. They were the front line infantry division, that the Germans called The
"Tip of the spear" The books I read about the 88th, say that they were outnumbered in
every battle, and never lost one.

samueltyler2 · 80-89, M

@DogMan that is amazing! They certainly were an amazing generation.