Iwo Jima

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• Letters From Iwo Jima

  
  "Like the cast of a Fellini movie" — Authority: 92
  PLOT The World War II battle for the strategically important island of Iwo Jima, told from the Japanese perspective. Focusing on the stories of General Kuribayashi (Ken Watanabe) and young conscript Saigo (Kazunari Ninomiya) as the assault rages about them. REVIEW The terms brave and important have been attached ...
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• Celebrate Veteran’s Day with a War Movie Overload

  
  Film School Rejects — Authority: 664
  Instead of doing a cheesy list for Veteran’s Day, we here at FSR decided just to give a run down of all the war-type movies that we’ve covered over the years (the good, the bad, and the boots on the ground). Some of these you’ll be able to pick up at the rental store on your way back home from work, but ...
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• Stories of America’s Most Unique WWII Veterans Finally Told

  
  The Resident — Authority: 125
  A Jewish chaplain conducts servies for Jewish-American soldiers in the “dragon’s teeth” of the Sigfried Line, 1945. by John Wurm As another Veterans Day arrives, it is difficult to overlook the sacrifices made by America’s veterans, both young and old, throughout the decades. Many of their stories are ...
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• Bringing Him Home

  
  The Military Observer — Authority: 99
  Kandahar, Afghanistan. They call it a “Dignified Transfer,” which is Pentagon-ese for bringing home the body of one of our young men.Two days ago I flew here from Camp Bastion on a cargo flight. The plane was virtually empty; five passengers and me, the small Air Force crew, and covered by an American flag, the ...
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• Happy 234th Birthday to the Marines

  
  Big Government — Authority: 810
  Earlier this year as I was filling up at the gas station I noticed a faded bumper sticker- vintage Bush 43-on the car next to me: “Dissent is Patriotic.” When I pointed to the bumper and asked the driver if she still believed that, she suggested I do something to myself which I am certain is physically impossible. ...
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• Semper Films: The Top Ten Marine Corps Movies

  
  Big Hollywood — Authority: 806
  The men and women who earn the right to wear eagle, globe and anchor of the United States Marine Corps are a special breed.   To those outside the Corps, they talk funny.  They look funny.  They are extremely impressed with themselves – and they have every right to be.  My beloved United States Army is a ...
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• Tuesday Open Thread: Semper Fi Edition

  
  Big Government — Authority: 810
  Today, in 1775, the United States Marine Corp was founded. Semper Fi.
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• Marine Veteran Abie Gordon Dies: Veteran of WWII, Korea, and Vietnam

  
  American Ranger — Authority: 123
  This appeared in todays Orlando Sentinel : * * * * He served in 2 great Marine Corps battles by Jeff Kunerth Sentinel Staff Writer Bill Gordon spread his fathers life as a Marine across the soft green felt of the pool table. There was the replica statue of the flag-raising on Iwo Jima that sat on top of ...
  1 week ago

• The Democratic National Committee Votes In Favor Of American Flag Desecration

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 502
  Watch the video at the end of this article to see one more example of why when it comes to passing their health care reform bill, nothing is off-limits when it comes to the DNC. Even if it means the destruction of one of our country’s greatest symbols. Even I never thought that people of the left would stoop so ...
  2 weeks ago

• This WWII Veteran Fought for the Rights of Gays and Lesbians to Marry

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 156
  Sometimes a touching narrative is the most powerful weapon for a social justice campaign. Case in point, the story of Philip Spooner, an 86-year-old WWII veteran who made remarks earlier this year before the Maine State Legislature on why hes a gay marriage supporter. The clip of those remarks is reverberating across ...
  3 weeks ago

• EPIC

  
  Pundit Kitchen: Lol News and Lol Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, John McCain, Joe Biden and more — Authority: 618
  EPIC WIN (Iwo Jima) Picture by: dunno source Caption by: HungryHippo via Advanced Lol Builder » Recaption This! » View All Captions
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