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On February 23, 1945, Joe Rosenthal took this picture: (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2023 OP
The original flag raising photo looked different The Wizard Feb 2023 #1
Aristus linked to that photograph last year too. mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2023 #2
Wow! calimary Feb 2023 #3
And from 2/20/23 Botany Feb 2023 #4
YES!!!! mountain grammy Feb 2023 #5
I agree that this is a magnificent message image. I love it. ShazamIam Feb 2023 #11
This message was self-deleted by its author Chainfire Feb 2023 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2023 #7
Three of those Marines died on the island. Chainfire Feb 2023 #8
The worst was yet to come. NT mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2023 #9
As that flag was going up, the first was coming down. rsdsharp Feb 2023 #10

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Chainfire

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8. Three of those Marines died on the island.
Thu Feb 23, 2023, 12:04 PM
Feb 2023

Along with over 6,000 other Marines and the Sailors that were supporting them. Lest we forget.

I had an uncle who was one of the roughly 20,000 wounded. He carried three things to his grave, Japanese shrapnel, and a hatred for all things Japan and The American Red Cross. He claimed that during his extended hospital treatment that the Red Cross would shake the wounded down for money for things that they were supposed to provide for free. Every time that there was Red Cross fundraisers in his kid' schools, (common in the 50s and 60s) it would set him off. People around him saw him as a bitter old man, as PTSD had not been invented yet, and men of his generation were supposed to suck it up and move on without comment....

War brings out the best in some people and the worst in others.

Rest in Peace, Uncle Harry.

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