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3 posted on 03/07/2015 5:00:53 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))

To: Homer_J_Simpson

Continued from March 5.

James Bradley, with Ron Powers, Flags of Our Fathers

4 posted on 03/07/2015 5:02:29 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))

To: Homer_J_Simpson

The 5th Marine Division returned to Camp Tarawa, Hawaii and remained there until the end of the war. After the Japanese surrender they set sail for Japan where they occupied the southern island of Kyūshū. The division left Japan in November 1945 and arrived in San Diego, California the week of Christmas 1945. The majority of the division's Marines were discharged shortly thereafter the division was deactivated on 5 February 1946. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5th_Marine_Division_(United_States) ----------------------------------- There is a reference to the evacuation of the 4th and 5th from Iwo in the Nimitz report. The future is recovery and occupation duty. They were reactivated for Vietnam. I have 3 photo books of the SpearHead, They are almost like yearbooks with lots of pictures and captions but little writing. The first is boot camp, second is Iwo Jima, and the 3rd is occupation.

23 posted on 03/07/2015 8:44:52 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)

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