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Knights Without Parachutes — iwo jima

Boarding Ship from Iwo Jima

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Boarding Ship from Iwo Jima

Eventually, the mail sent during the battle caught up with Hudson.

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Fourth Division Cemetery

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Fourth Division Cemetery

Fourth Division cemetery on Iwo Jima.

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Uncommon Valor Was a Common Virtue, and Continued So for More Than a Week

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Uncommon Valor Was a Common Virtue, and Continued So for More Than a Week

"Uncommon valor was a common virtue."

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Happiness Is a Shower and Shave and Hot Chow

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Happiness Is a Shower and Shave and Hot Chow

At the present time I guess I am just about the happiest marine here—the battle for little Iwo is all over for me and I am safe and sound now.

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First Sound Sleep in a Month

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First Sound Sleep in a Month

They were within a hundred yards of the ocean when it happened; they could see the water, and Martinez told them their battle would be over when they got to the ocean. He chal­lenged them to get down there and get it over with.

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