Roy Exum: Our Flag At Iwo Jima Wednesday, February 24, 2021 - by Roy Exum
Roy Exum
This morning marks the 76
th anniversary of the sun coming up on Mount Suribachi and, as it lit the dawn, every warrior in one of the most merciless battles in the Pacific theater could see the American flag on the crest of the 554-feet-tall hill. The battle to secure the island was perhaps the most intense fighting in World War II.
Almost 7,000 Marines and Navy Seabees were killed on the heavily fortified 8-square-mile island between February 19 and March 26 in 1945 while the Japanese lost approximately - get this number 28,000. (Remember, in just five weeks!) Only 214 of the enemy were able to surrender after five weeks of horrors, with as many as 3,000 Japanese hiding in the 11 miles of tunnels on the three-by-five-mile island.
Opinion | It’s about time Negro League players were recognized by Major League Baseball | Otis Sanford
Local 24 News political analyst and commentator Otis Sanford shares his point of view on the Negro Leagues becoming part of the MLB. Author: Otis Sanford (Local 24) Published: 3:26 PM CST December 17, 2020 Updated: 5:29 PM CST December 17, 2020
MEMPHIS, Tenn. We are less than a week away from the start of the next professional basketball season. And the playoffs in pro football are just around the corner. But Wednesday, major league baseball made the biggest headlines – and the stories have real meaning for Memphis.
League officials announced that they will now recognize players and teams from the Negro Leagues as part of the Major Leagues. In other words, the stats that African American players compiled while being forced to play on segregated teams – will now be counted in official Major League record books. And that
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