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Title: Iwo Jima pictures
Post by: BMathis on February 07, 2010, 01:58:05 PM

This is a amazing assortment of Pictures.  My Dad emailed the link to me the other day.  

NOTE:  There are some very graphic images.  

:salute

http://picasaweb.google.com/7thfighter/IwoJima?authkey=Gv1sRgCIW06db_6oth&feat=email#slideshow/5299164328754657538

Here's a pic from the slideshow...

(http://lh4.ggpht.com/_jcNQzBZlLiE/SYpyGWMwq6I/AAAAAAAAJ4s/PjRyICcs_4g/s576/15th_fg_brief_b55_iwo.jpg)

Title: Re: Iwo Jima pictures
Post by: oakranger on February 07, 2010, 02:10:02 PM

Great pic.  Thx for sharing them. 

Title: Re: Iwo Jima pictures
Post by: Big Rat on February 07, 2010, 02:23:42 PM

Thanks for sharing :aok

 :salute
BigRat

Title: Re: Iwo Jima pictures
Post by: Kazaa on February 07, 2010, 02:25:09 PM

Brings home the reality.

Title: Re: Iwo Jima pictures
Post by: Shifty on February 07, 2010, 03:42:40 PM

Fantastic pics. Thanks for posting this.  :aok

Title: Re: Iwo Jima pictures
Post by: 71313 on February 07, 2010, 03:58:26 PM

great pic's :salute

Title: Re: Iwo Jima pictures
Post by: Steve on February 07, 2010, 04:02:42 PM

pwnies!

Thanks for posting this.

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Post by: dev1ant on February 07, 2010, 04:26:11 PM

Great pics, thanks for posting.

Title: Re: Iwo Jima pictures
Post by: cactuskooler on February 07, 2010, 04:34:32 PM

Really enjoyed these. Thanks

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Post by: HighTone on February 07, 2010, 05:02:10 PM

Good show..thanks

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Post by: pervert on February 07, 2010, 06:21:16 PM

love the pics thanks for sharing them  :aok

Title: Re: Iwo Jima pictures
Post by: Megalodon on February 07, 2010, 08:18:06 PM

Some really great shots..
Thank you, and your Father  :salute

Title: Re: Iwo Jima pictures
Post by: mike254 on February 07, 2010, 09:17:25 PM

Wow, I never saw any of those before. They were great. Thanks for sharing <S>

Title: Re: Iwo Jima pictures
Post by: Guppy35 on February 08, 2010, 12:00:54 AM

Those are from the collection of Mark Stevens, who has made the 7th AF Fighters his mission in life.  He has a website that covers those fighter groups

http://www.7thfighter.com/

One of his goals is the recovery of a P51D "Sparkin Eyes" from a Japanese lake where it went down to flak and it's pilot made a POW.

I did a profile for him for that project. 

http://www.7thfighter.com/newsletter/sunsetter_fall_2006.pdf

Did one of Jerry Yellin's "Dorrie R" too.  His book on flying VLR missions in a 51 from Iwo to Japan is a very good read.

Title: Re: Iwo Jima pictures
Post by: froger on February 08, 2010, 12:42:35 AM

Thanks a bunch for the show B,
   made me think fondly of my dad.

 :salute



froger

Title: Re: Iwo Jima pictures
Post by: Slash27 on February 08, 2010, 12:57:49 AM

Good stuff!! :salute

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Post by: Brooke on February 08, 2010, 02:33:39 AM

Awesome pics.  Thank you very much for posting.

Title: Re: Iwo Jima pictures
Post by: LCCajun on February 08, 2010, 07:40:54 AM

Thanks for sharing <S>.

Title: Re: Iwo Jima pictures
Post by: Masherbrum on February 08, 2010, 08:09:16 AM

B-Nasty, excellent pics!   :rock

Title: Re: Iwo Jima pictures
Post by: MajWoody on February 08, 2010, 01:08:53 PM

I had no idea that they stacked so many planes up on routine takeoffs & landings.  :confused:

Thanks for posting bmathis.

Title: Re: Iwo Jima pictures
Post by: saantana on February 08, 2010, 01:14:12 PM

Hey great set of pictures!!!

Looks like the Americans were better at crashing their own planes then the Japanese were at shooting them down.  :bolt:

 ;)

Title: Re: Iwo Jima pictures
Post by: Boxboy on February 08, 2010, 03:55:38 PM

Quote from: froger on February 08, 2010, 12:42:35 AM

Thanks a bunch for the show B,
   made me think fondly of my dad.

 :salute



froger

For me too since my Dad was one of the "mud" marines that took that island from the Japanese :rock

BigJim

Title: Re: Iwo Jima pictures
Post by: lowZX14 on February 09, 2010, 12:21:03 PM

Thanks a lot for that B Man.

If anybody wants to see a little of what it looked like in 2003 let me know.

Title: Re: Iwo Jima pictures
Post by: Fulmar on February 09, 2010, 09:18:19 PM

Really goes to show how many deaths in planes were caused during landing/take-offs.