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I had a neighbor who arrived on the second day and was eventually wounded.

U.S. Marines invade Iwo Jima | February 19, 1945 | HISTORY

Operation Detachment, the U.S. Marines’ invasion of Iwo Jima, is launched. Iwo Jima was a barren Pacific island guarded by Japanese artillery, but to American military minds, it was prime real estate on which to build airfields to launch bombing raids against Japan, only 660 miles away. The...

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I love this quote by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.

 

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Going Inland

80 years ago today. Operation Detachment. Iwo Jima, 20 February 1945 0900, D-Day plus 1. Official wartime caption. “Going Inland, Determination written on their countenances, Marines start th…

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Going Inland

80 years ago today. Operation Detachment. Iwo Jima, 20 February 1945 0900, D-Day plus 1. Official wartime caption. “Going Inland, Determination written on their countenances, Marines start th…

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https://www.usmcu.edu/Portals/218/Iwo_Jima-_Amphibious_Epic.pdf

Man in the middle is carrying a nice combat shotgun