Iwo Poems - Poems about Iwo

...Go! New York Herald Tribune! Yell it, Jean! I think that Marcel Proust once owned that condo. Belmondo never acts – he’s just Belmondo. You’re no Liz Taylor – no Egyptian queen – So, New York Her......

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...Salute Bunker Hill, Yorktown, Lundy’s Lane, Monterey, Bull Run, Gettysburg, Shiloh, Antietam, St. Mihiel, Belleau Woods, D-Day, Saipan, Iwo Jima, The Bulge, Chosin Reservoir, Pork Chop Hill, ......

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...Old Glory has Something He Wants to Say By – Roger White The dawn’s first sunlight crests over the eastern horizon. A midnight dark sky leisurely changes tinctures: blue becomes purple, bright a......

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... His song swerved suddenly missed the curve and descended into silence. Still in Memory Just a tall skinny kid, only son from Columbus Ohio gradu......

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...#One should be cautious in starting a war, but once begun, it should be carried out thoroughly# #Quote by Hirohito circa Dec 1942# Onslaught As little......

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...They gave their all, who stormed the beaches Considering the Battle of Heartbreak Ridge, Through steaming jungles farthest reaches The Taliban showing no mercy, like savages. Our m......

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...Like Hannibal we crossed the pass and crossed the Alps (okay, the Brynderwyn Hills) and a bridge too far on north-west passage. From out of the Valley of Mizpah to the fires of perdi......

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...Do not debauch the banner--red, white, and blue, By waving it above traitorous insurrectionists’ yell. Old Glory was “so gallantly streaming” in 1812, It has stood the tests of time tried and true......

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...The Silent Legion Tucked into closets both near and away, Amidst cedar planks, now alee of the fray, Rest class A’s once borne on frames Straight and young. A legion of aging uniforms hold f......

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...Suribachi At the base of Suribachi Within reach of the beach, The mountain towers as I shrink Into guts of hate,—malignant: With a rifle and bayonet, and grenades And murdering hands ......

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...My chair, at times over the past twelve weeks my prison cell. Seven weeks more before my sentence is completed. But today, my chair is going to be my time machine. Not flashy and gau......

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...I have several young nephews who will come over quite a bit, I take them out on adventures so they can get something of it. Some folks would go to Disneyland, go on rides that make them squeal......

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...There once was a place called Acirema A ways from the sands of Ipanema The birthplace of Squanto The home of brave Tonto Backwards. it fought at Iwo Jima......

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...THE GREATEST GENERATION by JOHN M. ARRIBAS Many Have Called Them the Greatest Generation They Had Struggled and Survived, an Ugly Depression It Was an Era of Hard Times and Simple Divers......

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...First they bombarded the shore; but that was not enough. Clever Kuribayashi knew how to fight. Those storming the island did not expect a battle so rough. Now we will see if Kuribayashi was right.......

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