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That statue and the photo it is based on are both very moving. I seem to remember that there is quite a bit of backstory on the photo. > On Nov 9, 2021, at 9:36 PM, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> wrote: > > Today is the 246th birthday of the United States Marine Corps. This is an > image of The United States Marine Corps War Memorial from a few years ago: > > http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2021/11/10/z18fcra9p605ailjapitlklrg5cuiugraph > > > Today I am especially remembering Sgt. Michael Strank, a Rusyn American > (like me) who was the leader of the Marines who raised the flag and were in > the iconic photo on which the memorial was based. He is the figure that is > not holding the flag, but is supporting two of his men who are raising the > flagpole. Strank turned down a battlefield commission because he didn't > want to abandon the Marines he had shepherded through training and the > first days of the battle for Iwo Jima. He was killed on March 1, 1945 on > Iwo by friendly artillery fire. He was only 25. On January 13, 1949, his > remains were reinterred in Grave 7179, Section 12, Arlington National > Cemetery. > > Semper Fi ! > > Dan Matyola > *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery > <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Larry Colen [email protected] -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
