This year marks the 70th anniversary of the invasion of IWO JIMA. The first wave of Marines hit the beach on 2-19-45 expecting the fight to take only ten days. That was not to be. It took a total of 36 days with 26,000 casualties including 6,800 dead. Some 70,000 Americans took part in the invasion with 21,000 Japanese defending almost to the last man. Only 1,083 were taken prisoner.
On the 23rd, four days after the first wave hit the beach, Lt. Greeley Wells carried the flag to the summit of Mt. Suribachi and planted it there. Then the word came that the Sec. of War wanted that flag as a memento, so another, larger was raised resulting in the famous Joe Rosenthal photo of the Flag Raising.
The island is now a Japanese Shrine and renamed Iwo To, "Sulfur Island" and a tourist attraction, having been returned to Japan in 1968. As Secretary Powell once said,"The only land we ever asked for was enough to bury our dead."
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015
WHITE HOUSE AND ISIS
EVERY DAY BRINGS A NEW STATEMENT FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, EACH A LITTLE MORE BIZARRE, ON THE "OBAMA" STRATEGY TO COMBAT ISIS. TODAY WE HEAR FROM THE WH THAT THEY BEHEADED 21 EGYPTIAN CITIZENS WHEN THE ENTIRE WORLD KNOWS THEY WERE ONLY KILLED BECAUSE THEY WERE CHRISTIANS. CITIZENS YES, BUT CHRISTIANS FIRST!
THIS PRESIDENT CANNOT BRING HIMSELF TO CALL THE ENEMY WHAT IT IS MUSLIM EXTREMISM. WHY? THINK ABOUT IT. THIS PRESIDENT WAS RAISED IN A MUSLIM COUNTRY BY A MUSLIM FATHER, WENT TO A MUSLIM SCHOOL, PRAYED IN A MUSLIM MOSQUE, AND AS PRESIDENT HAS SURROUNDED HIMSELF WITH MUSLIM ADVISERS. QUESTION ANSWERED. END OF STORY.
EXCEPT THAT IS NOT THE END OF THE STORY. WHAT OBAMA AND CROWD CALL A STRATEGY IS LONG ON WORDS AND SHORT ON ACTION. WORDS DO NOT HURT THESE PEOPLE, ONLY BULLETS!
ISIS RECRUITS NEW FIGHTERS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. YES THAT INCLUDES THE GOOD OLD U.S. OF A. THEY FLOCK TO THEIR SIDE BECAUSE THEY ARE WINNING AND IT IS GOOD TO BE ON THE WINNING SIDE. AND THEY HAVE NOT FELT THE HURT AND PAIN OF DEFEAT........YET.
WHEN SHERMAN MARCHED THROUGH GEORGIA IN THE CIVIL WAR BURNING CROPS AND TOWNS AND DESTROYING EVERYTHING OF VALUE TO THE ENEMY IT HURT THEM.....BADLY! WHEN THE ALLIES USED DAY AND NIGHT BOMBINGS OF GERMAN CITIES THEY DESTROYED THE ENEMIES WILL TO FIGHT BY TAKING IT TO THE PEOPLE. IT HURT THEM..BADLY! WE MUST HURT THE ENEMY.....BADLY!
TODAY WE HEAR THAT THE ANSWER IS, READY FOR THIS? JOBS! THEY ARE ONLY FIGHTING BECAUSE THEY DO NOT HAVE A JOB TO GO TO EVERY DAY?????I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT EVEN THESE FOLKS REALLY BELIEVE THAT. BUT?????????????
THIS PRESIDENT CANNOT BRING HIMSELF TO CALL THE ENEMY WHAT IT IS MUSLIM EXTREMISM. WHY? THINK ABOUT IT. THIS PRESIDENT WAS RAISED IN A MUSLIM COUNTRY BY A MUSLIM FATHER, WENT TO A MUSLIM SCHOOL, PRAYED IN A MUSLIM MOSQUE, AND AS PRESIDENT HAS SURROUNDED HIMSELF WITH MUSLIM ADVISERS. QUESTION ANSWERED. END OF STORY.
EXCEPT THAT IS NOT THE END OF THE STORY. WHAT OBAMA AND CROWD CALL A STRATEGY IS LONG ON WORDS AND SHORT ON ACTION. WORDS DO NOT HURT THESE PEOPLE, ONLY BULLETS!
ISIS RECRUITS NEW FIGHTERS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. YES THAT INCLUDES THE GOOD OLD U.S. OF A. THEY FLOCK TO THEIR SIDE BECAUSE THEY ARE WINNING AND IT IS GOOD TO BE ON THE WINNING SIDE. AND THEY HAVE NOT FELT THE HURT AND PAIN OF DEFEAT........YET.
WHEN SHERMAN MARCHED THROUGH GEORGIA IN THE CIVIL WAR BURNING CROPS AND TOWNS AND DESTROYING EVERYTHING OF VALUE TO THE ENEMY IT HURT THEM.....BADLY! WHEN THE ALLIES USED DAY AND NIGHT BOMBINGS OF GERMAN CITIES THEY DESTROYED THE ENEMIES WILL TO FIGHT BY TAKING IT TO THE PEOPLE. IT HURT THEM..BADLY! WE MUST HURT THE ENEMY.....BADLY!
TODAY WE HEAR THAT THE ANSWER IS, READY FOR THIS? JOBS! THEY ARE ONLY FIGHTING BECAUSE THEY DO NOT HAVE A JOB TO GO TO EVERY DAY?????I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT EVEN THESE FOLKS REALLY BELIEVE THAT. BUT?????????????
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