Strelnikov
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This is a few days late. On 16 March 1945, after 36 days of fighting, Iwo Jima was declared secured. There were 25,851 U. S. casualties, including 6,825 dead. Nearly all of the 22,000 Japanese defenders died.
This is from "Flag Of Our Fathers", a book about the battle of Iwo Jima:
"Never judge a book by its cover."
Dialog from a Johnny Carson "Tonight" Show. His guest was Lee Marvin.
Johnny said, "Lee, I'll bet a lot of people are unaware that you were a Marine in the initial landing at Iwo Jima and that during the course of that action, you earned the Navy Cross and were severely wounded."
Lee Marvin's response was: "Yeah, yeah ... I got shot square in the ass and they gave me the Cross for securing a hot spot about halfway up Mount Suribachi. The bad thing about getting shot up on a mountain is guys getting shot hauling you down. But Johnny, at Iwo, I served under the bravest man I ever knew. We both got the Cross the same day, but what he did for his Cross made mine look cheap in comparison. The dumb bastard actually stood up on Red Beach and directed his troops to move forward and get the hell off the beach. That Sergeant and I have been life long friends. When they brought me off Suribachi we passed him and he lit a smoke and passed it to me lying on my belly on the litter.
"Where'd they get you, Lee?" he asked.
"Well Bob, they shot me in the ass and if you make it home before me, tell Mom to sell the outhouse."
"Johnny, I'm not lying, Sergeant Keeshan was the bravest man I ever knew! You now know him as Bob Keeshan. You and the world know him as Captain Kangaroo."
Strelnikov
This is from "Flag Of Our Fathers", a book about the battle of Iwo Jima:
"Never judge a book by its cover."
Dialog from a Johnny Carson "Tonight" Show. His guest was Lee Marvin.
Johnny said, "Lee, I'll bet a lot of people are unaware that you were a Marine in the initial landing at Iwo Jima and that during the course of that action, you earned the Navy Cross and were severely wounded."
Lee Marvin's response was: "Yeah, yeah ... I got shot square in the ass and they gave me the Cross for securing a hot spot about halfway up Mount Suribachi. The bad thing about getting shot up on a mountain is guys getting shot hauling you down. But Johnny, at Iwo, I served under the bravest man I ever knew. We both got the Cross the same day, but what he did for his Cross made mine look cheap in comparison. The dumb bastard actually stood up on Red Beach and directed his troops to move forward and get the hell off the beach. That Sergeant and I have been life long friends. When they brought me off Suribachi we passed him and he lit a smoke and passed it to me lying on my belly on the litter.
"Where'd they get you, Lee?" he asked.
"Well Bob, they shot me in the ass and if you make it home before me, tell Mom to sell the outhouse."
"Johnny, I'm not lying, Sergeant Keeshan was the bravest man I ever knew! You now know him as Bob Keeshan. You and the world know him as Captain Kangaroo."
Strelnikov
