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Title: February 23, 1945.......
Post by: Obie303 on February 23, 2009, 06:14:46 PM: Today in history:
(http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff186/obie303/image_iwo_jima.jpg)

Semper Fi.
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Post by: Spikes on February 23, 2009, 07:02:31 PM: :salute
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Post by: rabbidrabbit on February 23, 2009, 07:38:58 PM: :salute
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Post by: fergie on February 23, 2009, 08:09:02 PM: (http://instapinch.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/first_iwo_jima_flag_raising.jpg)
Lowery's most widely circulated picture of the first flag raising. This picture is usually captioned as: 1st Lt. Harold G. Schrier with Platoon Sergeant Ernest I. Thomas, Jr. (both seated), PFC James Michels (in foreground with carbine), Sergeant Henry O. Hansen (standing, wearing soft cap), Corporal Charles W. Lindberg (standing, extreme right), on Mount Suribachi at the first flag raising. However, PFC Raymond Jacobs disputed these identifications,[3] and asserted that it should be: Pfc James Robeson (lower left corner; not visible in this cropped version of the photo), Lt. Harold Schrier (sitting behind his legs), Pfc Raymond Jacobs (carrying radio), Sgt. Henry Hansen (cloth cap), unknown (lower hand on pole), Sgt Ernest Thomas (back to camera), Phm2c John Bradley (helmet above Thomas), Pfc James Michels (with carbine), Cpl Charles Lindberg (above Michels).
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Post by: SuBWaYCH on February 23, 2009, 08:48:23 PM: :salute I watched Letters from Iwo Jima the other day. Very good movie.
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Post by: Barnes828 on February 23, 2009, 09:24:40 PM: i actually liked letters from Iwo Jima better than flags of our fathers.
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Post by: hunter128 on February 23, 2009, 09:31:53 PM: :salute
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Post by: USRanger on February 23, 2009, 09:50:33 PM: (http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/1476/salute.gif) (http://imageshack.us)
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Post by: DJ111 on February 23, 2009, 10:50:09 PM: Semper Fi fellow DevilDogs

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Post by: oakranger on February 24, 2009, 12:53:46 AM: :salute

Here is a quesion for you all. That statue of the flag raising in D.C., how many hands are on the pole?
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Post by: Masherbrum on February 24, 2009, 01:01:17 AM: Eleven. Ira Hayes in the Rosenthal photo, doesn't have either hand on the flagpole. But on the Monument, his right hand is touching the pole.
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Post by: Coog03 on February 24, 2009, 02:40:07 AM: :salute
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Post by: 1pLUs44 on February 24, 2009, 02:42:00 AM: :salute
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Post by: EagleEyes on February 24, 2009, 03:54:12 AM: Whooo-Raw!!

Semper Fi!!!

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Post by: uptown on February 24, 2009, 07:40:20 AM: Semper Fi :salute
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Post by: lowZX14 on February 24, 2009, 07:42:03 AM: Semper Fi Marines :salute

I have the black sand sitting on the desk at home in a mug with a picture of the memorial on it. Here's a few pics from when I went in '03.

(http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/4409/31stmeubeachhead.jpg)
(http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/4503/cave.jpg)
(http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/5618/mtsuribachi.jpg)
(http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/2526/oldgloryoniwo.jpg)
(http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/3742/ltclarke.jpg)
(http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/488/killers.jpg)
And this is how I rode in the first day...
(http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/5802/juarezjonesboatride5.jpg)
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Post by: soda72 on February 24, 2009, 07:45:55 AM: :salute