Never Forget: We remember Iwo Jima for two good reasons.
One is that it was the costliest battle in Marine Corps history. Its toll of 6,821 Americans dead, 5,931 of them Marines, accounted for nearly one-third of all Marine Corps losses in all of World War II.
The other is Joe Rosenthal's picture,a symbol forever of the valor and sacrifices of the U.S. Marines.
Never Forget: In his own words WTC witness and photographer Ricky Flores:
I'm just simply a witness, a modern day bard if you will, testifying to the bravery of simple men and women, of flesh and bone, rising to an extraordinary challenge and giving the very best of themselves. I simply documented the tomb of others who died needlessly at the hands of a cowardly band of men. This I did so that my children and all those that follow our generation will hopefully never have to experience this in their lifetime
Never forget that our men and women in uniform stand between America and those who would do us harm because we are a free people. These men and women are not election slogans or political pawns, they are Americans, they are us.
