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Sgt. Grit,
My father, Cpl. Jose A. Dominguez, 876815, passed from this life on 11 December in Downey, CA. As a 19-year old he landed with F/2/26/5th MarDiv on Iwo Jima 19 February 1945. He fought through to the push to secure the final third of the island and was wounded 14 March 1945 by shrapnel from two mortar rounds. He was evacuated from the island and spent the next several months in hospitals in Hawaii, Oakland, CA, and San Diego, CA. He was honorably discharged on 5 November 1945.
Sgt. Grit,
This last Saturday I had the honor to be able to attend the 65th Anniv of the Flag Raising on Iwo Jime Parade in Sacaton, Az home of Ira Hayes.
Attached are pictures that I took at the parade on Saturday, due to the cold & rain my wife and I could not stay for the entire parade we were there for the first 90 minutes of the parade and it was only half done when we left. We were very disappointed that we were not able to stay for the events scheduled after the parade.
Yanks Assault Iwo Jima
"On a very cold final day of 2009 we laid to rest Harry Ash Pearce, an 87 year old World War II Veteran. An active Marine Corps Honor Guard participated in the service and flag folding, along with our local Marine Corps League accompanied by the sweet sounds of the pipes bewailing our blessed hymn.
Sgt. Grit,
My Dad was a US Marine during WWII. He was on the USS HUDSON, he was on Okinawa, Guam and Guadalcanal. I have ooodles of old photo's and no way to find out when or where or with whom they were taken. If any of your readers could help me out with names and places I would really appreciate it. My email is slf1228[at]tx[dot]rr[dot]com.
After 67 years, I still tear up and get goose bumps for the HYMN and the National Anthem.
Semper Fi
Jim DeVine, Reading, Pa.
Sgt. Grunt,
My father was a Marine Torpedo Bomber (TBF) aircrew in VMTB-143 on Guadalcanal in the October 1942 time period. He has been watching “The Pacific” with great enthusiasm and he related to me that, after watching what the line companies went through, he realized he had it pretty good after all. Of course he didn’t realize it at the time, but his war was so much different from the line companies. Some of the things he related:
Several months ago you ran a picture of my dad in Sasebo Japan and one of myself in Desert Storm in Sgt. Grit. I have attached that picture again.
My dad Gene S. Richards passed away Sunday May 9th in Salt Lake City Utah. He was an Iwo Jima Marine and watched the second flag go up, participated in the occupation of Japan and was a drill instructor after the war at MCRD San Diego. In Nov. 1940 half of his bootcamp platoon would later go to Wake Island.
Sgt Grunt,
Last month Honor Flight flew 97 aging but vibrant WWII Vets flew from Madison Wisconsin to Washington, DC. to visit the WWII Memorial and return home in a one day blitz. This flight set the record for the most female WWII Vets on any flight in the history of the program, and it was noted that a vast majority of those women were WMs, or as they were called back then, WRs. Proud to say that my 86 year old Momma, Corporal Annette Howards, USMCWR, was standing front and center when the roll was called at the airport.
Sgt.
Here is an update to a picture I sent earlier.
I was fortunate enough to sit with a Code Talkers Wife today.
Today was the 54th annual cemmorative wreath laying at Bethel Cemetary
in Cheyenne. Afterwards we had a free BBQ picnic at VFW 1881.
Just by chance she happened to sit with me at the table.
She autographed the back sides of these two cards for me.
One is a pic when he was in service back in 1942 and the other a few years ago.
He's 91 years old now.
