Iwo Jima anniversary

[USMCGrunt]

The American flag was raised on Iwo Jima 73 years ago
https://americanmilitarynews.com/20...can-flag-was-raised-on-iwo-jima-72-years-ago/


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[USMCGrunt]

The raising of that flag on Suribachi means a Marine Corps for the next five hundred years. [James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy; 23 February 1945

 

[AF6872]

OORAH

 

[AROTC-dad]

This article is a few years old but may still be of interest:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-27/battle-for-iwo-jima-in-wwii-remembered-70-years-on/6354688

 

[OtB]

Immortalized in LEGO at the USMC National Museum. YUT!

 

[Capt MJ]

Thanks for posting this!

 

[AF6872]

If you ever get a chance to visit the National Museum of the Marine Corps off 95 take some time for lunch. You could spend hours there. The lunch is good and reasonable.

 

[Capt MJ]

If you ever get a chance to visit the National Museum of the Marine Corps off 95 take some time for lunch. You could spend hours there. The lunch is good and reasonable.

Or soak in The Globe and Laurel not far from MCB Quantico back gate - just about 50 years of atmosphere soaked into the walls and memorabilia there.

https://www.thebestgandl.com/

 

[AF6872]

You have to wear some good clothes to get in there not shorts and T shirts.

 

[Capt MJ]

You have to wear some good clothes to get in there not shorts and T shirts.

And where “sides” are “Side Arms” on the menu.

 

[kinnem]

Ollie North's War Stories is covering Iwo tonight. It should repeat at 11 PM EST.