World War Two is called "The Last Just War." It has been famously said to have been fought by "The Greatest Generation." If these are both true, then we must intentionally look back and reflect on the men who fought, bled and died for the freedom of the world. Our entire world is a product of that victory.
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It is important as a nation, as a society that we remember those moments in our history. The what we did, where it happened, why we did it and how we did it. Iwo Jima is iconic in our memories of the Pacific War. It is not a battle of maneuver and finesse, it is a battle of attrition. A slugfest against a prepared enemy determined to kill as many Americans as possible to influence America public opinion. Later enemies used similar methods to victory against us. The flag raising on Suribachi captured on film by Joe Rosenthal, published so widely and used as a rallying point for a War not yet over and a cost not yet paid in blood and treasure.
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