Rare film on Iwo Jima

[Bill Hollinger]

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[A. F Medic]

I did not know that the US used JATOs (jet assist take off) on prop jobs.

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Thanks so much for posting this. Makes me think of all the wasted potential. Makes me think of my dad (18 year old pharmasist mate) bobbing around on a little boat on a big ocean and all the horribly wounded Marines/salilors he treated. Makes any hardship I have faced so small.

[old crow]

So young. So brave. All of them, theirs and ours.

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So young. So brave. All of them, theirs and ours.

My dad and his Pharmasist Mate buddies. USS Kenton PTO. My did is the kid labled "guess who" just to the right of the "MeatBall".

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Anyone have kids in school? Do they even teach this these days?

[Bill Hollinger]

I noticed you didn't use the words school and teach in the same sentence

[HOOKED ON HISTORY]

I noticed you didn't use the words school and teach in the same sentence

Inadvertant, and probably Freudian and now that I give it some thought ,retorical.