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OverBkil · « **Reply #1 on:** May 29, 2003, 12:49:13 PM »

Iwo Jima, Mt Suribatsi

ra · « **Reply #2 on:** May 29, 2003, 12:50:02 PM »

Midway?

DiabloTX · « **Reply #3 on:** May 29, 2003, 02:17:43 PM »

Looks like Wake Is. to me.

brady · « **Reply #4 on:** May 30, 2003, 01:25:16 PM »

Wake Is., It is:)

capt. apathy · « **Reply #5 on:** May 30, 2003, 02:12:44 PM »

my dad was at Wake. not many of his freinds left these days

brady · « **Reply #6 on:** May 30, 2003, 02:53:08 PM »

WOW, thats a prety exclusive club.

capt. apathy · « **Reply #7 on:** May 30, 2003, 06:50:56 PM »

yep, I wish he'd wrote some of the stories down. we had a fairly small window from when he finally started talking about it and the onset of alzhiemers (sp?).

DiabloTX · « **Reply #8 on:** May 31, 2003, 12:14:09 PM »

I recently read a book about the battle for Wake Island, "A Magnificent Fight" by Robet J. Cressman. I never knew how f'ed up the situation was there, talk about fighting under less then ideal circumstances.

http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC/USMC-C-Wake.html

~~to all who gave all, and those that are still giving...~~

NOD2000 · « **Reply #9 on:** May 31, 2003, 01:55:59 PM »

Well tommorow night wich would be monday june 2nd at 8 o'clock central time on the history channel they are having a 1 hour show about the defense of wake island while japan was trying to invade. also u might go the the library and look for a book called Wake Island Pilot (sorry i don't remember the name of the author) it may only have about 50 pages of the story of the defense of wake, but your father might be menchioned in it.

Just thought i might be able to help if you were insterested.