A Marine landing on Iwo Jima, 60 years later From: International Herald Tribune | Date: March 14, 2005| Author: | . Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

James Brooke
International Herald Tribune
03-14-2005
Pointing to a sandstone cliff pockmarked with World War II bullet holes, the U.S. Marine historian was describing a honeycomb of Japanese tunnels when a somber voice piped up from the back of the Humvee. ''Those are the caves I was firing on,'' said Joe Rogers, 83, a San Francisco lawyer. The Marines came back to Iwo Jima on Saturday. This time they walked the black sand beaches in sensible white tennis shoes and filled souvenir vials for their grandchildren with volcanic sand from this Pacific isle. They were marking the 60th anniversary ...

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