The Second Flag
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โHolland, the raising of that flag means a Marine Corps for the next five hundred years.โ - Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal to General Holland Smith at the sight of the colors atop Mount Suribachi
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Sergeant William Genaust, a thirty eight year old combat photographer who had been recommended for a Navy Cross on Saipan filmed the second flag-raising in color with a standard issue movie camera. Genaust was later killed in action when he came upon several Japanese soldiers in a cave in northern Iwo Jima.
U.S. Marines fight their way across Iwo Jima.
"We never saw them," said one veteran about the Japanese defenders. "But their fire was coming out of every hole and from behind every rock."
It was happening 80 years ago today.
HOLY MOLY!!! Joy Villa just stunned everyone at the Grammy's talking about President Trump's deportations. Selena Gomez should cover her ears.
"I'm a Latina. My family came from this country to this country legally. And I love to see r*pists, human tr*ffickers deported. I don't want to see them here."
"As an artist and a musician, I want to be able to walk at night and not think that I'm going to get killed by an illegal alien." - @theJoyVilla
On behalf of everyoen in America, THANK YOU, JOY, for bringing the truth to Hollywood.