Iwo Jima
Posted on Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
If you know me or have been following my blog, you know that my Mom was a Corporal in the United States Marine Corps during WWII.
Today marks the 65th anniversary of the flag raising on Iwo Jima.
I want to honor the brave men and women serving our country, then and now, by remembering this day in history.
I hope you will take a minute today to say thanks in some small way.
From www.IwoJima.com:
“The first flag raising atop Mount Suribachi, February 23, 1945.
Hank Hansen (without helmet), Boots Thomas (seated), John Bradley (behind Thomas) Phil Ward (hand visible grasping pole), Jim Michaels (with carbine) and Chuck Lindberg (behind Michaels).”
“Photo by Lou Lowery. 10AM, Feb. 23, 1945”
From www.IwoJima.com:
“Four of the Flag Raisers (Bradley, Hayes, Sousley & Strank) appear with their jubilant buddies. Strank, Sousley and many of these boys would soon be dead.”
Obviously a sobering thought and fact of war.
This is the original photograph by Joe Rosenthal. It was later cropped to become the photo we all know.
The photos and information are courtesy of www.IwoJima.com.
Please take a moment to explore their website.
Read more about this point in history in James Bradley’s Flags of Our Fathers for adults, or the abridged version, Flags of Our Fathers: A Young People’s Edition.
p.s. My dear hubby, Neale Winker, served in the Coast Guard at Iwo Jima’s LORAN station 1961 – 1962. He said that was some isolated duty.
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