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Iwo Jima |
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Abe Senior Member
since 2003-05-28
Posts 694Looks like Vero Beach, FL until the end! 
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THE MARINE CORPS WAR MEMORIAL (Iwo Jima) Said a Vet from Nineteen forty-five, "Men were dying by the score." An eyewitness to a famous Battle Immortalized forever more. Quartermaster on a LST "Eyewitness to a sad, horrible day." "A slaughter right there on the Beach" Is what, this Veteran had to say. Coast Guardsman Robert Resnick Was more than just a witness there Hefurnished the Stars and Stripes In that picture all generations share. A symbol for the Marine Corps Cast in bronze for all to see The Flag raised on that mountain top Is part of our Nation’s History. One of the bloodiest Battles of the War Fought for thirty-six days and nights More than twenty two thousand Japanese In one of the Marines fiercest fights. The first part of Japan we invaded And as Resnick’s ship sat on the beach Marine Gagnon asked him for a Flag And a long pipe to raise it’s reach. They lost their sight of the Marine As he headed to that Mountain top Amidst the gun’s bulletsflying That never, everseemed to stop. As they began to leave the Beach A tremendous cheer went all around And, "Every ship tooted it’s horn." As they raised the Flag that he had found. For years another was credited Until the year, Two thousand-one When at a Fifth Marine Convention The Marines learned he really was the one. A big, oldMarine bellowed out, "Do you really mean to tell me, That you never realized that you Won that Battle, single-handedly?" The President of the Fifth Marines Made him an honorary member And as they did some tears were shed As they all began to remember About that day sixty years ago Up there on Mount Surabachi When the Stars and Stripes were raised high Was still a vivid, cherished,memory. 02-20-2005 Del "Abe" Jones |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
In November, I fulfilled a lifelong dream of going to Washington, DC... After a VERY long day in the cold and wet and one too many wrong turns out of a traffic circle, I was giving serious thought to my options of dumping my sister into the Potomac on my next trip over it... or putting her behind the wheel so she'd have something to do besides tell me I'd turned wrong again... when I suddenly saw the Iwo Jima memorial. I'd seen pictures of it many times as well as the picture that inspired it... but still... I won't say the tiredness vanished... but... we left it much later... and reluctantly. *S* |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Fine writng...James |
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