Mike Strank was born in 1919 in Jarabenia, Czechoslovakia. Their leader and Sergeant, it was Mike who got the order to climb Mt. Suribachi. Mike picked his “boys” and led them safely to the top. Mike explained to the boys that the larger flag had to be raised so that “every Marine on this cruddy island can see it.” It was Mike who gave the orders to find a pole, attach the flag and “put’er up!” He is shown in the iconic picture with his left hand on the pole, and right helping a younger soldier push.
Mike died on March 1, 1945, at Iwo Jima. He was hit by a mortar as he was diagramming a plan in the sand for his boys. Mike is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
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The pure fact that this doesn’t even need a title or a description or anything speaks volumes. I mean look at the number of notes this has. There are so few people who don’t recognize it. And the song itself just gives you chills. It’s so magical.
So it’s all over tumblr that Will Smith smacked someone for trying to kiss him
For some reason this is being viewed by a lot of people as “omg Will Smith doesn’t like gay people”…… yeah I’m pretty sure I’d smack the shit out of someone who tried to full on kiss me on the mouth against my will regardless of their gender and my total support for LGBT rights. There’s a term for what happened to Will Smith, it’s called sexual assault, and you don’t get to use another human being sexually to try to make some political point. Fuck.
I mean I want to see. I want to see all I can
every place there is to see
my life carries eyes
an they’re there for one reason
the reason to see thru them.
every place there is to see
my life carries eyes
an they’re there for one reason
the reason to see thru them.
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| — | Bob Dylan (via travellinginspiration) |
