The Tale of 2 Iwo Jimas
Hello Readers!!! The Battle of Iwo Jima was a bloody week, American and Japanese forces clashed like no other and thousands of people ended up dead. Americans were coming for the Japanese and they needed to do what was called Island hopping. The battle was fierce, bloody and relentless with the Americans proving triumphant. One picture, one picture captures the resolve of the American Army as they put up the American flag. After the soldiers came home, there were many other battles to fight, segregation as official policy was one, jobs, housing, soldiers who fought for democracy and freedom had to fight for it on our own shores once again. How could these soldiers fight for freedom and be denied it when they came home? That is one question that we are grappling with today as Republicans block Veterans Jobs & benefits bills. One thing that came a little later in the blurb of the American consciousness is gay rights. In 1969, the one that blew the lid off of...