Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima

[tay]

Half of the Iwo Jima flag raisers were killed a few weeks after the picture was taken, one by friendly fire. The other half stuggled with PTSD for the rest of their lives. One was fired from a job on Memorial Day.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_the_Flag_on_Iwo_Jima

 

[Walter]

Heroes all. Thank God Truman had the wisdom to end the war the way he did, otherwise at least a million more would have died.