Iwo Jima - 60 Years Later
Arthur Herman has an excellent column in the WSJ.
I once lived next door to an Iwo Jima veteran. He had lost a leg on Iwo Jima, had throat cancer of one sort or another, drank beer as a primary source of nourishment, and despite being as stubborn as the summer day is long, he was a gentleman through and through. Tough as nails and sharper than a knife, he was a good neighbor and a fellow Marine.
Clarence is no longer alive. But the memory of him, and the many who served with him on that island will never be lost.
