My children’s great grandfather was in the platoon that brought the piece of broken pipe up to raise the flag not for the reenactment, but the real raising. He would be devastated with the current Nazi fetish sweeping this country.
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My grandfather’s cousin is John Bradley who is pictured during the raising of the 2nd flag. I wouldn’t have known if I didn’t ask about the picture in my grandmas kitchen. Funny how nonchalant they talked about it
Phil never spoke about it until he was essentially dying of cancer. We all knew he had been on Iwo Jima but I had no idea how bad it was. He never even told me he was hit. They were truly the greatest generation. I am embarrassed for them.
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Thank you to your great grandfather. 💙