Posted on Feb 23, 2023
On this day in history, Feb. 23, 1945, US Marines raise American flag over Iwo Jima, captured in...
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Flew into what is now a Japanese Naval Air Base in 1969 and while there had a chance to visit the joint memorial on Mt Suribachi. Quite moving. Thanks for the remembrance.
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I get a chill just thinking about it. So many of our brothers died. That must have been something to actually see Mt Suribachi.
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SFC (Join to see) thanks for sharing, I saw it outside of Arlington National Cemetery back in 2018. Very heartfelt!
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I remember Johnny Cash sang a song about Ira Hayes, a Marine at Iwo Jima.
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Johnny cash hit song The ballad of Ira Hayes.
He sure did! It is a sad song to me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX1pLlmMcmk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX1pLlmMcmk
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