Raising the American Flag Over Iwo Jima --23 feb 1945
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Re: Raising the American Flag Over Iwo Jima --23 feb 1945
Has Obama is issued an apology yet?
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Re: Raising the American Flag Over Iwo Jima --23 feb 1945
One of my treasured possessions is a photo of the original flag and the men who raised it, autographed by one of them.
Most people forget that the famous photo and statue are of the second raising. Ironically, they took down the first flag to preserve it, and no one remembers that one, they only remember the famous photo of the second raising.
Thanks for pointing out this important anniversary, and thanks to all who have served and are serving.
Your efforts make us all possible.
Most people forget that the famous photo and statue are of the second raising. Ironically, they took down the first flag to preserve it, and no one remembers that one, they only remember the famous photo of the second raising.
Thanks for pointing out this important anniversary, and thanks to all who have served and are serving.
Your efforts make us all possible.
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Re: Raising the American Flag Over Iwo Jima --23 feb 1945
These soldiers were extraordinary--if the ones whom were killed saw what has happened to this country they would be disappointed
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Re: Raising the American Flag Over Iwo Jima --23 feb 1945
Ooh rah, Marines. (And one Corpsman, too) My cover is off.
Where is the contemporary iconography of war today that matches the kind of impact this (these) photos had? Not to get maudlin about it, but these images are lost in today's thousand stories a second culture of instant information. This? This moment was special. Not just for the Corps, not just for US Forces, but for the Nation, and ultimately for the whole world.
And I hope we never forget it.
Where is the contemporary iconography of war today that matches the kind of impact this (these) photos had? Not to get maudlin about it, but these images are lost in today's thousand stories a second culture of instant information. This? This moment was special. Not just for the Corps, not just for US Forces, but for the Nation, and ultimately for the whole world.
And I hope we never forget it.
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"'...what it is to be a bondservant thou knowest full well, but of freedom thou hast never yet made trial, to know whether it be a sweet thing or not. For if ever thou hadst experience thereof, thou wouldest counsel us to fight for it not with spears only but with axes.' Thus the Spartans answered Hydarnes." - Herodotus
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Re: Raising the American Flag Over Iwo Jima --23 feb 1945
Good point--never see positive pics or stories of our fighting men/woman. Coming to think about it--a rare award occasionally but other than that--never
"To disarm the people... was the best and most effectual way to enslave them."
-- George Mason, speech of June 14, 1788
-- George Mason, speech of June 14, 1788