Friday, October 20, 2006
Battle of Iwo Jima
Here's a photo, taken from an American plane, of Iwo Jima on D-day, February 19, 1945. The landing craft (LVTs) have off loaded the Marines and are going back for more. My father, on a destroyer there, has told me that he knew it was tough ashore because the reserves were almost immediately committed to battle. The big ship in the right middle is the Tennessee (BB-43) Mt. Suribachi is covered in smoke on the left.
I hope Clint Eastwood gives the real heroes of the battle a fair shake.
Diomedes doesn't think we could win a battle like Iwo today. I say we could but the press coverage would be less favorable.
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 5:38 PM 
