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re: The 79th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima approaches, here's audio from the battle...

Posted on 2/15/24 at 6:01 pm to
Posted by Wraytex
San Antonio - Gonzales
Member since Jun 2020
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Posted on 2/15/24 at 6:01 pm to
That resistance and American lives cost made the nuke decision academic. As a kid I remember reading a story about a Marine that used is own weapon at Iwo, think it was a Thompson iirc..
Posted by OlGrandad
Member since Oct 2009
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Posted on 2/15/24 at 6:10 pm to
My dad went in on the second wave, was promoted to MSgt one week later.

I learned this after he died. All he would ever tell me was how much he wanted some ice water, and how bad the sulfur smell was.
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