Heroes

“Yup, Hiro will become the hero of legend.

Interesting that the exploding brother survived, although withough a memory of who he is.”

“so who put the picture of hero's dad into the newspaper? Nathan bumped into him...

I thought it was pretty good tonight. Didn't expect a whole lot of action.

Journey man wasn't bad...”

“He didn't die ---- he and his bro-mang* flew into the air and lit a fart the size of the Hindenburg.


*Stratdewdism

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“Nathan bumped into him...

and Nathan wouldn't go splat if he fell off a building with Hiro's dad....naaa..too easy”

“oh...I don't think it's Nathan who went splat!
I never trusted Nathan...I guess it's the politician in him.”

“http://www.reuters.com/news/pictures/slideshow?collectionId=1272

Commitment”

“I worked with amputee's in Vietnam, often within minutes after they were hit; scrubbing in surgery with the orthopod and then following them through their course of post-op treatment. It was stressful work because of the pain I put people through in changing their dressings, early physical therapy, changing casts, etc. I was awed by the toughness of the patients and also of the young Vietnamese kids who often were in harms way. I think of them frequently and still remember some of their names.”

“Anyone else just not feelin' the magic this season?”

“I was, until I saw the previews for the next episode. Don't know what's suddenly different, but I think that first-time-feeling is wearing off.”

“I was about to say..... Wasn't this a TV show thread?”

“I like the twists the story is taking.”

“Real Hero dies.....

REDDING, California (AP) -- Raymond Jacobs, believed to be the last surviving member of the group of Marines photographed during the original U.S. flag-raising on Iwo Jima during World War II, has died at age 82.


The iconic image of U.S. Marines raising the flag on Mount Suribachi in February 1945.

Jacobs died January 29 of natural causes at a Redding hospital, his daughter, Nancy Jacobs, told The Associated Press.

Jacobs had spent his later years working to prove that he was the radio operator photographed looking up at an American flag as it was being raised by other Marines on Mount Suribachi on February 23, 1945.

Newspaper accounts from the time show he was on the mountain during the initial raising of a smaller American flag, though he had returned to his unit by the time the more famous AP photograph was taken of a second flag-raising later the same day.

The radioman's face isn't fully visible in the first photograph taken of the first flag-raising by Lou Lowery, a photographer for Leatherneck magazine, leading some veterans to question Jacobs' claim. However, other negatives from the same roll of film show the radioman is Jacobs, said retired Col. Walt Ford, editor of Leatherneck.

"It's clearly a front-on face shot of Ray Jacobs," Ford said.

Annette Amerman, a historian with the Marine Corps History Division, said in an e-mailed statement "there are many that believe" Jacobs was the radioman. "However, there are no official records produced at the time that can prove or refute Mr. Jacobs' location."

Jacobs was honorably discharged in 1946. He was called up during the Korean conflict in 1951 before retiring as a sergeant, his daughter said.

Jacobs retired in 1992 from KTVU-TV in Oakland, where he worked 34 years as a reporter, anchor and news director.


OH and by the numbers....

Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima is a volcanic island about 1,200 km (650 nautical miles) south of Tokyo, 1,300 km (702 nautical miles) north of Guam and approximately halfway between Tokyo and Saipan (24.756°N, 141.290°E). It is approximately 21 square kilometers (5,200 ac), with Mount Suribachi at its southern tip being its most prominent feature.

Ground fighting on the island took place over approximately 35 days, lasting from the landings of February 19 to a final Japanese charge the morning of March 26, 1945.



6,821 dead
19,189 wounded,[1]
494 missing[1]
Total: 26,504


Oh and I heard one of the NEOCOM bunch on the radio a few months ago saying the whole battle was USELESS? Because not that many B-29s were saved....”

“http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/375983_snowcave22.html

awesome rescue!!!!”

“Awsome is right and the determination of the rescuers is outstanding.”