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re: 70th Anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima

Posted on 2/19/15 at 12:34 pm to
Posted by REG861
Ocelot, Iowa
Member since Oct 2011
36445 posts
Posted on 2/19/15 at 12:34 pm to
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"Of the 22,000 Japanese soldiers on Iwo Jima at the beginning of the battle, only 216 were taken prisoner"



Goes to show you how insane our enemy was and how brave these men were to take them on. My grandfather was on Iwo Jima. I never got to meet him unfortunately (he died in the 60's) but it's still pretty chilling to think about.
Posted by cwarr14
up da bayou
Member since Oct 2013
386 posts
Posted on 2/19/15 at 12:53 pm to
makes you think about the modern day Japanese enemy aka: ISIS and all the rest of these blood thirsty savages our president calls "extremist"
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