Posted on May 4, 2016
Have you been to the Marine Corps Iwo Jima Monument?
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I have not been to the Iwo Jima Memorial in D.C., but I have been to Iwo Jima and walked up Mt. Suribachi and walked along the beach. It was a extraordinary and humbling experience especially as you walk along the beach and kick up ammunition.
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Cpl (Join to see) I just read about the yearly tour. This sounds like a dream trip that would be a very humbling experience.
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I was stationed at MCAS Iwakuni and our squadron had something worked out so the majority of us got to go.
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Absolutely, Sgt Joe LaBranche! I have also attended the Evening Parade at 8th & I, which is one of the most spectacular ongoing military performances anywhere!
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Sgt Tom Cunnally
There's some controversy today on the news that Doc Bradley may not have been one of the guys who raised the second flag on Iwo. The Marines are checking into this issue
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Sgt Tom Cunnally
1stSgt (Join to see) - Doc Bradley's son says that he discovered some notes from his Dad that claims he was not among the flag raisers on Iwo for the second and larger flag. The Marines are studying old photos to find out if this is true or not???
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/04/best-selling-author-admits-man-in-famous-iwo-jima-second-world-w/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/04/best-selling-author-admits-man-in-famous-iwo-jima-second-world-w/
Best-selling author admits man in famous Iwo Jima Second World War photo was not his father
An American serviceman whose perceived presencein one of the most famous images of the Second World War spawned a best-selling bookand a Hollywood film was probably not in the photo at all, his son has admitted.
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