Iwo Jima Photos

[FTD1167]

Great Pics from Iwo Jima
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[Mohawk]

Very Nice Piece of History there. Thanks for posting these pictures...

[xa-coupe]

Fantastic site. Even more gutsy than taking part in these escapades is taking part only armed with a camera.

[shadycon]

Thank you for sharing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[imarangemaster]

My dad was on Iwo Jima the night of the Kamikaze charge. He only spoke of it once, briefly. He did say someone he knew was one of the people killed that night. He would not speak of it further, though. In fact, he spoke seldom about Iwo at all before he died at 90. He limited it mostly to: daily life, almost being killed when the ammo dump blew up, nearly stepping on a mine, the day the sniper just missed him, the night the Jap sapper slit his tent in the rear and threw the grenade in (which was a dud that I now have), and the feeling of helplessness in a slit trench during the bombardment by the Japanese. He only spoke once of how he felt about the death and dismemberment, and the stinking corpses. That was back when I was a homicide / coroner's Investigator. We were taking and sharing some Chivas Regal, and I was talking about getting down with all the death and the pathos. When he spoke, it made my troubles seem VERY small....