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Posted: 10/26/2010 4:59:33 AM EDT
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Posted: 10/26/2010 5:05:35 AM EDT
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My wife's uncle earned the Silver Star there. I wish I knew the story...perhaps there is a record of it somewhere. Wifey says he was never qute the same after his time on Iwo, and he died not too many years later of cancer. At a recent family wedding, an old timer was telling me that of his "unit", only three survived. I have no idea if this is true or not.
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Posted: 10/26/2010 5:25:37 AM EDT
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My Uncle was a 19 year old Private with B 1/28 KIA 22 Feb 1945 Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands
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Posted: 10/26/2010 6:12:42 AM EDT
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After I read "Flags of our Fathers" & "Fly Boys" Iwo & Chi Chi Jima took on a little more meaning.
Also near my little home town there is a family grave site that goes back to the late 1700's. There are headstones for family that have died in the Revolutionary War, WWI & WWII. The marker for WWI is from a Marine that died there IIRC 28 Feb 1945. RIP Marines |
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Posted: 10/26/2010 6:15:06 AM EDT
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My Grandfather was in the 4th Marine Div, 1st Bn, 25th Marines and was in the inital landing and stayed on the beach the whole 36 days. He was a "ship loading man" according to the documents I received from the National Archives. He hit the beach as a heavy machine gunner and then went to his primary job of unloading the supply ships.
I need to go to Washington and get copies of the archives for the unit to get more details. |
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Posted: 10/26/2010 11:26:34 AM EDT
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Bump
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Posted: 10/26/2010 11:39:39 AM EDT
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My grandfather (4th MARDIV) barely survived the wounds he received on Iwo. Glad he did, or else i wouldn't be here.
RIP, Grandpa. |
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Posted: 10/26/2010 11:40:49 AM EDT
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Didn't the landing on Iwo Jima claim more lives than on Omaha beach? |
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