Tim wrote:
On Feb 23, 3:58 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On this day, during the battle for Iwo Jima, U.S. Marines raise the
American flag atop Mt. Suribachi, the highest point on the island of Iwo
Jima and a key strategic point. Later, Marine commanders decide to raise
a second, larger flag, an event which an Associated Press photographer,
Joe Rosenthal, captured on film. The resulting photograph became a
defining image of the war.

The movie, "Flag Of Our Fathers" , is really good, and disapointing as
well. The gov't propganda that was behind taking three of the Iwo Jima
flag-raising survivors, and making them "heros" then putting them on
tour through out the US to raise war bonds, was the disapointing
part. Not that they didn't do their job, but the political "behind
the scenes" shenanigans, was enough to be upsetting.

They themselves didn't think they were heros, but I do.

I really felt bad how Pvt. Ira Hayes was treated as well.

A lot of stories came out of Iwo.

My Uncle knew one of the stories protagonists - guy by the name of
Ignitowski - they went to high school together.