PowderRiverCowboy Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 Marines land on Iwo , had the honor of attending the 60th reunion on Iwo Jima with Jack Lucas MOH , Cpl Gene Gustad , R Lee Ermy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailrider #896 Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 Semper Fi! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 Amen. Semper Fi it is, and hopefully shall always be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 Battle of Iwo Jima: On the fifth day of the fighting, as the national colors broke out on Mount Suribachi and the Marines cheered, Navy Chaplain Father Charles F. Suver, a 39 year old Jesuit Priest, and his assistant reached the top and promptly celebrated Mass while other Marines were still clearing nearby caves of diehard Japanese defenders. A board propped across two empty fuel drums was Father Suver’s altar, and his vestments were khaki. Days before, a young Marine officer promised to hoist an American flag on the peak of Mount Suribachi. Chaplain Suver said “You get it up there and I’ll say Mass under it.” Father Suver kept his promise. Father Suver went to his final rest on Easter Sunday, 1993. https://aleteia.org/2020/06/01/military-chaplains-served-the-ones-who-served/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderRiverCowboy Posted February 21, 2023 Author Share Posted February 21, 2023 I Iwo Bunkers Suribachi Bullet hits Some Guy name R Lee Cpl Gene Gustad ,/ Sergeant Major of Marine Corp Estrada ( Flag was flown On Iwo War Memorial and flown Overnight To be presented on Iwo Seated with hat Jack Lucas MOH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailrider #896 Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 Credit must also be given to Rabbi Roland B. Gittelsohn, a Jewish chaplain who ministered to Marines, without regard to religion, race or color on Iwo Jima. Division Chaplain Warren Cuthriell, a Protestant minister asked Rabbi Gittelsohn to deliver the memorial sermon at a combined religious service dedicating the Marine Cemetary. Cuthriell wanted all the fallen Marines (black, white, Protestant, Catholic and Jewish) honored in a single, non-denominational ceremony. Sadly, a majority of the other chaplains refused to participate, and to save Cuthriell embarrasment, Gittelsohn presided over the Jewish ceremony, delivering the powerful eulogy he originally wrote for the combine service. Three Protestant chaplains were so upset with their colleagues that they boycotted their own services and attended Gittelsohn's instead. Nor should we forget the Four Chaplains of the U.S.S. Dorchester, one Jew, two Protestants and one Catholic, who gave their life preservers to troops on board and went down arm-in-arm! RIP Marines of Iwo Jima! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. R. Hugh Kidnme Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 Semper Fi! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 i knew a marine that was there once a long time ago , it saddens me to know he is gone , but he did tell a little of what he experienced in the times we spent together back in the ninetys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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