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I found out my grandfather was in the battle of Iwo Jima and Guam, where do I find more info?

submitted by MaryXmas to AskUpgoat 10 monthsAug 19, 2023 18:19:57 ago (+6/-2)     (AskUpgoat)

I guess he saw the other marines raising the flag at Iwo Jima. He never spoke to anyone about the war so I don't have much info. I have his dog tags (issued in early ww2) and a few other trinkets. There is a bar with one star on it.


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[ - ] Shotinthedark 1 point 10 monthsAug 20, 2023 17:42:32 ago (+1/-0)

If he survived both of those he was a bad mother fucker!

[ - ] MaryXmas [op] 1 point 10 monthsAug 20, 2023 22:48:16 ago (+1/-0)

He was a real bad mother fucker.
I know Guam was real bad and I have his wrist band, inscribed Guam 1942. I didn't realize he was in iwo Jima until recently but I guess one of my relatives has a letter that gets into it.

[ - ] Shotinthedark 1 point 10 monthsAug 21, 2023 18:19:17 ago (+1/-0)

Look up " the 1 man wrecking ball of iwo jima" dude was a monster, Jewish last name though.

[ - ] Anus_Expander 1 point 10 monthsAug 19, 2023 19:48:05 ago (+1/-0)

The Iwo Jima flag-raising photo on the cover of Life magazine was staged

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_the_Flag_on_Iwo_Jima

Why? The photographer's name was Joe (((ROSENTHAL))).

[ - ] PhantomXLII 2 points 10 monthsAug 19, 2023 20:40:48 ago (+2/-0)

The photo was staged, the initial raising of the flag was not.

It was half a fuck you to the Japs and if I remember right also half a "Dear sailors and airmen, stop blowing the shit out of this mountain, it is now US property, thanks!" kind of thing.

[ - ] lord_nougat 1 point 10 monthsAug 19, 2023 18:30:02 ago (+1/-0)

Was he a jap?

[ - ] MaryXmas [op] 2 points 10 monthsAug 19, 2023 18:33:55 ago (+2/-0)

USMC

[ - ] lord_nougat 0 points 10 monthsAug 19, 2023 19:12:54 ago (+0/-0)

The Corps has to have records, I'd think. But maybe not, considering how HONK clown world has gotten...

[ - ] MaryXmas [op] 1 point 10 monthsAug 19, 2023 19:21:10 ago (+1/-0)

I found a request form for person service records. I think I can probably find some stuff.

[ - ] lord_nougat 0 points 10 monthsAug 19, 2023 20:14:45 ago (+0/-0)

Good luck!

I hope those diversity hires somehow manage to find the files for you.

[ - ] Shotinthedark 0 points 10 monthsAug 20, 2023 17:41:28 ago (+0/-0)

If he survived both of those he was a bad mother fucker!

[ - ] Deadjews 0 points 10 monthsAug 20, 2023 00:35:25 ago (+0/-0)

Sorry your grand father fought for kikes.

[ - ] MaryXmas [op] 1 point 10 monthsAug 20, 2023 11:13:46 ago (+1/-0)

Me too. I feel worse for those that never came home.

[ - ] Panic 0 points 10 monthsAug 19, 2023 20:59:09 ago (+0/-0)

Best information I could find. You're not gonna like this, sorry.
https://big-lies.org/mileswmathis/indian.pdf

[ - ] MaryXmas [op] 0 points 10 monthsAug 19, 2023 21:35:44 ago (+0/-0)

All good. He fought for a different America in a different time. I know he was in some bloody battles, and they messed him up in a lot of ways. He was the toughest man I have ever met. Maybe it was an unnecessary battle against an unfit enemy, that could be too.

Speaking about a war against emaciated, untrained, under-armed, "soldiers", that sounds like the revolution.

[ - ] FacelessOne -5 points 10 monthsAug 19, 2023 18:37:23 ago (+1/-6)

What a zionist stooge