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Me#1You#10
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 Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 6:15 am Post subject: Taps: Private First Class Ray Jacobs, USMC |
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Another American WWII hero passes. Well done to John at "Castle Aarrgghhh!!!" for making note...
| Quote: | Private First Class Ray Jacobs - someone you should know.
"...Marines on the ground, still engaged in combat, raised a spontaneous yell when they saw the flag. Screaming and cheering so loud and prolonged that we could hear it quite clearly on top of Suribachi..."
Remember the *1st* Iwo Jima flag raising? The one Joe Rosenthal *didn't* get a picture of? Nothing bad against Joe - he got the best one that day, no argument!
Private First Class Ray Jacobs was one of those flag-raisers. He didn't make it into the pictures. They were kind of busy, taking the island and all. They had other things on their mind, I'm guessing.
He died today.
Castle Aarrgghhh!!! - cont'd |
Be sure to read Ray Jacob's memoirs of that historical day in American military history.
Rest in Peace
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LewWaters
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America loses another quiet hero. 
RIP, Ray, Well Done, Sir.
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