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Thouhts of the brave men who fought at Iwo Jima

Thoughts at a Memorial

by HarryT

In Washington there stands the Iwo Jima Memorial Craved testament to heroic men for time immemorial Six bronzed men strain to lift Old Glory Immortalizing Marines and their fabled story   Men who disembarked into hails of bullets and projectiles Marines facing looming death, a situation that logic defiles Men who left behind sweethearts, children and wives Sacrificing the best years of their tender young lives   Who were these men willing to charge into hell? What kind of courage must in these men dwell? Each man knowing he could enter the eternal season Yet he fights on disregarding safety and human reason   High on Suribachi six men planted a symbol of hope Marines rose to charge up the atoll’s dangerous slope Those who fought on Iwo performed heroic deeds They were the gallant men that only freedom breeds