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Is this what we want to be doing?

Posted by Ryan Harris on Sun Jun 01, 2003 03:41:00 AM

In reply top Forget trying to recover anything posted by Rob Rohr on Sat May 31, 2003 04:30:16 PM

Rob are you sure you want to go poking and digging around Iwo? Tinian is one thing but not Iwo. Thousands of guys lost their lives on that dreadful little island and somehow I don't feel it is right, even if it could increase the Mustang population by a large amount.

Think about it. To me it is a very sacred place because the entire island was a battlefield, not one section. You don't see anyone digging up battlefields like this anywhere else. How would you feel if someone started digging up Gettysburg or Little Big Horn?

Anyone that does not feel compassion for this island MUST read "Flags of Our Fathers" by James Bradley. Absolutely compelling story of the 6 boys that raised the second flag on Iribachi.

Ryan

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