We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/private_first_c_1.html Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:03:36 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification "...Marines on the ground, still engaged in combat, raised a spontaneous yell when they saw the flag. Screaming and cheering so loud and prolonged that we could hear it quite clearly on top of Suribachi..." Photo by Lou Lowery. 10AM, Feb. 23, 1945"> The first flagraising atop Mount Suribachi, February 23, 1945. Hank Hansen (without helmet), Boots Thomas (seated), John Bradley (behind Thomas) Phil Ward (hand visible grasping pole), Jim Michaels (with carbine) and Chuck Lindberg (behind Michaels). Photo by Lou Lowery. 10AM, Feb. 23, 1945 Remember the *1st* Iwo Jima flag raising? The one Joe Rosenthal *didn't* get a... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/private_first_c_1.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/private_first_c_1.html Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:45:18 -0600 May God bless Ray Jacobs and hold this brave Marine in the palm of His hand for ever. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/private_first_c_1.html#comment-69225 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/private_first_c_1.html#comment-69225 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 08:33:05 -0600 Sic Transit Gloria Mundi. It is inevitable, as we all shall also pass one day. But darned; so many heroes are moving on, all at once. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/private_first_c_1.html#comment-69222 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/private_first_c_1.html#comment-69222 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 07:55:41 -0600 They were all heroes on that island. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/private_first_c_1.html#comment-69215 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/private_first_c_1.html#comment-69215 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:55:43 -0600 Came here from National Review Online. Thanks for posting this. Uncommon valor truly was a common attribute on that island. These men, their comrades, and those who went before, came after, or serve today are truly owed a debt that can never be repaid. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/private_first_c_1.html#comment-69214 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/private_first_c_1.html#comment-69214 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:34:34 -0600 http://www.pbase.com/ethanbird/image/66481574/medium.jpg Here are all of the pictures I took of the Reunion. http://www.pbase.com/ethanbird/heros_of_iwo_jima__57th_annual_reunion Regards, Ethan Tweedie]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/private_first_c_1.html#comment-69212 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/private_first_c_1.html#comment-69212 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:35:08 -0600 That's not tears, its something in my eye.."Semper Fi Mac" http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/private_first_c_1.html#comment-69211 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/private_first_c_1.html#comment-69211 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:19:14 -0600 I wish I had seen this earlier today - I would have forwarded it to some folks I know at one of the major Network news stations - don't know if they would have picked it up, but... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/private_first_c_1.html#comment-69210 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/private_first_c_1.html#comment-69210 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:08:08 -0600 ...well, at least the local media noticed last night...in, of all places, the SF Bay Area (Oakland, actually). He was an opinion broadcaster on KTVU TV for many years up until 1992. Today, they wouldn't let him any where near a microphone. Too American for this town! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/private_first_c_1.html#comment-69205 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/private_first_c_1.html#comment-69205 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:47:45 -0600 Semper Fi and God's Speed, Jim!]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/private_first_c_1.html#comment-69198 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/private_first_c_1.html#comment-69198 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:23:42 -0600 Thank you for the reminder. When they flew the flag, they flew it for everyone on the island, first time or last time. God grant him peace. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/private_first_c_1.html#comment-69195 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/private_first_c_1.html#comment-69195 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:55:23 -0600 Thanks, John. May we never forget those who defend our freedom. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/private_first_c_1.html#comment-69193 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/private_first_c_1.html#comment-69193 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:27:07 -0600 Thank you for posting this, John. He will not be forgotten.... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/private_first_c_1.html#comment-69192 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/private_first_c_1.html#comment-69192 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:24:17 -0600