Saturday, February 19, 2011

The Battle of Iwo Jima began today.


Today marks the 66th anniversary of the start of the Battle of Iwo Jima.

The 3rd, 4th and 5th Marine Divisions, under the command of the V Amphibious Corps,  participated in this battle along with an enormous Naval Task Force under the command of Marc Mitscher

Another page of American history worth relearning.


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  1. J4rh34dSunday, February 20, 2011 11:34:00 PM

    The drama teacher at my high school was in the 3rd wave. Every year, he went to all the US History classes and gave a talk about what it was like. That talk probably had something to do with my enlisting in the Marines back in the 60s.

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