Consider Iwo Jima
Eulogy at the Dedication of the 5th Marine Division Cemetery, Iwo Jima—March 1945
This is perhaps the grimmest, and surely the holiest task we have faced since D-Day. Here before us lie the bodies of comrades and friends. Men who until yesterday or last week laughed with us, joked with us, trained with us. Men who were on the same ships with us…
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