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19 FEB...
By Lt Col P
1945. Marines hit the beaches on Iwo Jima.
Photo courtesy of USMC History Division.
(Hotel Tango to Brother Rat BullNav, who didn't jolt my memory, he punk-slapped it.)
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Just wanted to let you know of some of the cost of taking that rock...
Battle of Iwo Jima
Navy KIA 934
Marine KIA 4907
More information at:
http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq11-1.htm
If I were the cynical type I'd question why FDR allowed so many draftees and volunteers to pay the price for his "imperialist" policies prior to Pearl Harbor.
Yours with the Republic,
Jim Comstock
one of the USMC's HISTORIANS had to be reminded of this by a swabbie!??
Say it ain't so, Sir!
The Marines have a long and glorious battle history. Arguably, this was their finest hour.
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