IWO JIMA

[Fibber]

Let us remember that it was on this day, Feb.23, that the flag was raised on Iwo Jima.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-flag-raised-on-iwo-jima

 

[Jagdflieger]

Thanks Fibber.

 

[Fibber]

Jag

Did you ever read the book "Strong Men Armed" by Robert Leckie? Very well written regarding Guadacanal and Saipan. I had relatives who were part of the machine gun crews on the Alligator on the 'Canal that night. While they are not mentioned it is as they told it just before they went to final muster.

 

[Jagdflieger]

Robert Leckie

I read his "Helmet for my Pillow" many years ago while at Fort Bragg and I just finished his "Challenge for the Pacific" last year. "Strong Men Armed" keeps popping up on my Amazon suggestion list whenever I browse for my next book there.

Regarding the South Pacific Campaign and Guadalcanal, I read "Islands of Destiny," "Neptune's Inferno," "Japanese Destroyer Captain," "With the Old Breed" and "Challenge for the Pacific last year. Right now I'm reading about the Mob in the Las Vegas of the 1960s. I'll probably get back to WWII next week.