#1 Thanks guys, and Godspeed. (Here's a desktop-sized version of the Rosenthal photo.) "Among the men who fought on Iwo Jima, uncommon valor was a common virtue" - Adm. Chester Nimitz.
Sadly, the battle is all but forgotten in Japan, despite the loss of over twenty thousand Japanese soldiers. Japan's wartime atrocities detract nothing from the defenders' bravery at "Sulfur Island", for this was the first of the Home Islands to fall to the Allies. Rest in peace as well, heishi. Your nation has since done well for itself even without military might ... but your courage may yet be needed again, for there's a mad dog loose in your neighborhood. |
