prayer was to god to take this man home. after five days of fighting joe rosenthal took the picture, marines planting the american flag on japanese soil, victory here, those would not be achieved for more than a month. the marines didn t barrett brunt of the battle. but the battle i know of was the individual performance of the marines that led us to victory. a 70th anniversary reunion of honor was held saturday on iwo jima. once bitter enemies gathered in peace to recall the sacrifices made here. and the old general has but one wish. that s my hope that, eventually the young people will get the message that somebody has to pay for freedom sbchlt while their forebearers did it now it may turn out to be your turn. that of course was my colleague, harry smith, with retired lieutenant general lawrence snowden. on the 70th anniversary of eeiwo
prayer was to god to take this man home. after five days of fighting joe rosenthal took the picture, marines planting the american flag on japanese soil, victory here, those would not be achieved for more than a month. the marines didn t barrett brunt of the battle. but the battle i know of was the individual performance of the marines that led us to victory. a 70th anniversary reunion of honor was held saturday on iwo jima. once bitter enemies gathered in peace to recall the sacrifices made here. and the old general has but one wish. that s my hope that, eventually the young people will get the message that somebody has to pay for freedom sbchlt while their forebearers did it now it may turn out to be your turn. that of course was my colleague, harry smith, with retired lieutenant general lawrence snowden. on the 70th anniversary of eeiwo