POST #22-14
Day Four...Iwo Jima Battle Narrative, February 23, 1945..
Mikey's Dads 100th Birthday Would Have Been This Month...
We Will Be continuing the day-by-day story of the 1st Battalion, 24th Marines in the bloody battle of IWO JIMA...
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Yesterday, February 22, 2022, (2-22-22) Mikey's Dad, Willard W. Wemple would have been 100 years old. We will be following Dad's time in the First Battalion, 24th Marines, Baker company, from February 19th to March 17th, 1945, in....Operation Detachment.
We will not be putting very much on these posts about the 1-24 On Iwo Jima, instead we will post links here leading to a very good, detailed website that will give way more information than we can deliver ourselves. We must warn you that some of the information will be graphic and upsetting, but will give you some idea about what Dad and the other Marines experienced. If you see a mention of Baker Company, that is the unit dad was to be assigned to.
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Today, February 23rd, was the day that the 5th Marines raised the Flag on Mt. Suribachi, and the iconic photograph "Raising The Flag On Iwo Jima" was taken by Joe Rosenthal. The photo has come to be regarded in the United States as one of the most significant and recognizable images of World War II. Dad said he could see that from where they were, at the far end of the beach near the "boat Basin".
On this day, February 23rd, Willard (Dad) and the 1st Battalion, 24th Marines continued to be held back in reserve, closer to the beach, still doing support duty, carrying supplies, sorting discarded gear, assisting with the wounded, etc. They may have been thinking they would avoid the worst of it, but that was not to be...
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TODAYS NARRATIVE
Todays narrative is Day Four on Iwo Jima, February 23rd, 1945...It will be called Hot Rocks...
Click or tap HERE to go to the narrative...It's very interesting
Over the next posts and next days we will continue posting daily updates that will follow the battle through logs and stories of the battle as told by a Military Historian and participants on the 1st Battallion-24th Marines Website...
Until Next Time!!
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