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We are trained fighting machines. Peace is not an option for us. We’re jarheads. What the hell do we know about peace?
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― No Hope For The Hopeless At Kings Park
― No Hope For The Hopeless At Kings Park
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Some optimistically hoped the unprecedented bombing of the tiny island would make the conquest of Iwo Jima a two- to three-day job. But on the command ship USS Eldorado, Howlin' Mad shared none of this optimism. The general was studying reconnaissance photographs that showed every square inch of the island had been bombed. "The Seventh Air Force dropped 5,800 tons in 2,700 sorties. In one square mile of Iwo Jima, a photograph showed 5,000 bomb craters." Admiral Nimitz thought he was dropping bom
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― Flags of Our Fathers: Heroes of Iwo Jima
― Flags of Our Fathers: Heroes of Iwo Jima
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