Hey Jarheads, better be proud today.

[Radar]

The first landing of Iowa Jima was on February 19, 1945. The beginning of 5 weeks of hell to take over a volcano island with three airstrips. God bless Uncle Sam's Misguided Children.

[Briar Friar]

Tun Tavern. Oorah.

[Texas Grown]

My Grandfather's younger brother was there, carrying a radio on his back.

[Mr. Whiskers]

I have stood on top of that mountain. Semper Fi!

[Chew]

Semper Fi

[waterdog]

my dad went a shore on red beach one. he never talked about iowa. till the day he die he still called them japs

[jstamps50]

SFMF

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[DUKFVR]

God Bless The Greatest Generation!

[sailor]

American heroes...………………….

[Matt_C]

Heroic.

[bowhunter_2]

Semper Fi!

Real heroes there!!

[wlgiv]

In the words of General David H. Berger, Commandant of the Marine Corps, 'they are all heroes.'”

Semper Fi!

[175gr7.62]

I have stood on top of that mountain. Semper Fi!

Same here. You can't understand what kind of shooting gallery those guys were standing in until you stand up there and look out over the beach and the island.

[Mr. Whiskers]

Same here. You can't understand what kind of shooting gallery those guys were standing in until you stand up there and look out over the beach and the island.

Absolutely. Hard to imagine until you see it. The tunnels were amazing as well.