re: 70th Anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima

My grandfather served in the 5th and had his leg blown off by a mortar shell. He was carried off the battlefield on the shoulder of one of his men in a scene they make movies about and was shot twice while being carried. The tough old bastard came home, rehabbed in Philly and lived a long and productive life without complaint. He is a true patriarch, my personal hero, and was the biggest role model in my life.