Remembering Iwo Jima.

[AztecWilliam]

One aspect of my being born in 1942 is that I, and most Americans born before 1950, never had to ask what was meant by the words "Iwo Jima." Here's a piece that young Americans could learn a lot from.

Here's one fact that I, myself, did not know. The battle for Iwo Jima is the only one between U.S. and Japanese forces in which we suffered more casualties than did the Japanese.

medium.com/war-is-boring/seventy-years-later-iwo-jima-stills-makes-the-mind-reel-c8cf076a8eeb

AzWm

[aztecmusician]

I had two uncles serve in the Pacific and one of them had an actual photo (not a reprint) of the US flag being placed on Mt. Surabachi.