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Members of the 1/23 Marines (1st Battalion / 23rd Regiment) burrow in the volcanic sand on Yellow Beach 1. Mount Suribachi, where the famous Iwo Jima flag-raising happened 4 days after landing, is upper right. ]
Members of the 1/23 Marines (1st Battalion / 23rd Regiment) burrow in the volcanic sand on Yellow Beach 1. Mount Suribachi, where the famous Iwo Jima flag-raising happened 4 days after landing, is upper right. ]
Reminders from Our Flag
for Tuesday, February 19, 2019
... Iwo Jima Day ...
[ GO HERE to preview and/or perform this week's Pre-Pledge Tribute (PPT) - celebrating the first American to orbit Earth ]
for Tuesday, February 19, 2019
... Iwo Jima Day ...
[ GO HERE to preview and/or perform this week's Pre-Pledge Tribute (PPT) - celebrating the first American to orbit Earth ]
Today's (Feb. 19th) Flag Status / Half-Staff Alerts
Our Flag is at full staff in 48 of 50 states.
US & State Flags HALF-STAFF by order of Governors in ALASKA and NEW YORK
US, State, & City Flags HALF-STAFF in Nevis, Minnesota
Our Flag is at full staff in 48 of 50 states.
US & State Flags HALF-STAFF by order of Governors in ALASKA and NEW YORK
US, State, & City Flags HALF-STAFF in Nevis, Minnesota
[ pic above - Marines landing at volcanic ash beaches of Iwo Jima ]
Today's Star-Spangled Inspirational Quote
... from author of Flags of Our Fathers - James Bradley ...
"The battle of Iwo Jima would quickly turn into a primitive contest of gladiator: Japanese gladiator fighting from caves and tunnels, like the catacombs of the Colosseum (in Rome), and American gladiators above ground, exposed on all sides, using (all means to get) their opponents out of their lethal hiding places. All of this on an island five and a half miles long and two miles wide. A car driving sixty miles an hour could cover its length in five and a half minutes. For the slogging, dying Marines, it would take more than a month.”
Today's Star-Spangled Inspirational Quote
... from author of Flags of Our Fathers - James Bradley ...
"The battle of Iwo Jima would quickly turn into a primitive contest of gladiator: Japanese gladiator fighting from caves and tunnels, like the catacombs of the Colosseum (in Rome), and American gladiators above ground, exposed on all sides, using (all means to get) their opponents out of their lethal hiding places. All of this on an island five and a half miles long and two miles wide. A car driving sixty miles an hour could cover its length in five and a half minutes. For the slogging, dying Marines, it would take more than a month.”
Today's Moment to Remember
The Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima
[ U.S. Marines of the Second Battalion, Twenty-Seventh Regiment, wait to move inland on Iwo Jima, soon after going ashore on 19 February 1945. An LVT(A)-5 amphibious tractor is in the background. Red Beach One ]
On February 19, 1945, the Battle of Iwo Jima began, ...
[ We're trying something different today = LISTEN to audio clip about the battle (below) ]
On February 19, 1945, the Battle of Iwo Jima began, ...
[ We're trying something different today = LISTEN to audio clip about the battle (below) ]
[ ... and a movie about the Battle of Iwo Jima and the burden carried by those that survived ... ]
Thanks for reviewing today's 'Reminders for Our Flag'
- a service from the Flag Steward program
Now go 'Be a stud citizen' today by ...
... picking up and disposing of 2 pieces of trash that will help
keep America beautiful !!!
- a service from the Flag Steward program
Now go 'Be a stud citizen' today by ...
... picking up and disposing of 2 pieces of trash that will help
keep America beautiful !!!
In God We Trust
(Official motto of the United States of America)
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