I Saw The Horror of War on Iwo Jima

#avc #history #veteran #ww2 #military #marines

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[Fathervinyard]

the way he had his eyes closed when talking about his
fallen comrades etc 😢

[alonzowinston]

God bless you for your service and story!

[rossmacdonald]

The clarity and vividness Charlie Cram was able to share is recollection is incredible, but remember he’s carried that with him for 80 years. Bless them all we owe such gratitude to the greatest generation veterans. 👍🍻🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇦

[JoelGalvanjr-vh]

A trip down a real memory lane, except the trip does not go away.

[fredpierce]

Thanks for sharing this momentous battle insight.

[jackthepirate]

So much respect for him!!!
Thank you for your service.

[rowekenneth]

Bet that man was seeing it again with his eyes closed. Greatest gen for sure

[canu-dklw]

Can feel those memories that have lived in this amazing man. The ghastly spectacle of war indeed.

[michaelcroken]

THANK YOU, MY Grandfather was wounded 3 times in WW1, and made it home.😢😢😢

[Anita-nn]

Oh my! I can only imagine not knowing if the soldiers were alive or dead. Thank you, Mr. Cram, for sharing your experience with us. God bless you and others for your service. 🙏🏼🇺🇸

[cjsiatkowski]

Thank you for your service, sacrifice, and bravery, sir. My deepest respects to you.

[aboynamedthump]

My sympathies. Thank you for your sacrifices, services, and valor, Sir!

[alexmarsh-adams]

Now who is looking after these return men?

[judgejimbobrowntown]

That’s where my pap made his landing in the first wave of marines bar man 5 division

[floydbacher]

I Thank The Soldiers And All Military Personnel For Saving Us From The german's And japanese Occupation And For saving Our Republic 🇺🇸🙏 Our Freedom Was Saved But The Price Was Very High. RIP For Those That Gave It All ❤️🌹🇺🇸🙏 Thank A Veteran When You See One. And Help Them If You Can. Because Freedom Ain't Free. RIP For All Those That Gave It All. Proud To Be A American. 🙏❤️🇺🇸

[NearlyHadlessNick]

His eyes may be closed, but he can see....

He sees the memories of the past like they play out before him in the current day.

Thankyou for your service, sir. And welcome home. Because those days are behind you, sir. It will be our days soon enough, if we don't reign this world back in. I pray it won't come to that.

[kevintewey]

Prime example of survivor guilt.
Inappropriate guilt, It was probably only seventeen years old. 😢

[ronaldhux]

As Eugene Shlege said
"War is the impossiblelty of Reason"

[dougbourdo]

My Fad in law was in the second wave of Marines to land. He was a femolition man & threw saychel charges onto many of the caves going up on Suribachi. He spoke of the burned bodies & Japanese soldiers running out burning and/or badly injured in other ways. He got shot, surviving and having his older brother, a corpsman patch him up in the field hospital. He ended up doing MP duty in both Hiroshima & Nagasaki. They ended getting assigned to house with Japanese families. Though he said the family was good to him, he held an internal hatred of Kapanese necause of the torture they did to so many POWs.

[John-vbvs]

Whew. My. Daddy. Was. On the. Water. But. He. Had I tel. How. Bad it. Was and it. Was. Badddd