Pearl Harbor survivor Houston James of Dallas embraced Marine Staff Sgt. Mark Graunke Jr. during a Veterans Day commemoration in Dallas. Graunke lost a hand, a leg and an eye when he defused a bomb in Iraq last year. The week's images of U.S. troops in combat in Fallujah deepened the day's significance for many who attended tributes held in San Diego and across the nation.

Pearl Harbor survivor Houston James of Dallas embraced Marine Staff Sgt. Mark Graunke Jr. during a Veterans Day commemoration in Dallas. Graunke lost a hand, a leg and an eye when he defused a bomb in Iraq last year. The week's images of U.S. troops in combat in Fallujah deepened the day's significance for many who attended tributes held in San Diego and across the nation.

You can't give more than your life for your country. I salute all of you.
Thanks, Cheryl

Photo 2:
This is a photo from a newpaper clipping that my dad carried in his wallet for years, as you can guess from the fold lines. These heroes have since been returned to their families.

Military Cemetary on Iwo Jima... Tell me again about those arrogant Americans... They owe NO apologies! by Anita Robertson

That would be Mount Suribachi in the background

In this photo: Sgt. Robert Phillips - radioman, Lt. James Templeton - radarman,
Cpl. Albert Traficarte-left blister gunner, Lt. Willard Croft - bombadier,
Sgt. George Simpson -engineer, Lt. David S. Currie - navigator,
Sgt. Charles Smith - top gunner, Lt. Robert Dodge - co-pilot,
Cpl. James McAuley - tail gunner,
Capt Wilbert Shockley - pilot, Cpl. Irving Landsman - right blister gunner

Photo 2:
FIFI, last flying B29, on display in Allentown, PA August, 1990.
Dad had not seen one since the war ended, said it gave him chills...

Photo 3:
Close up of FIFI, and members of the Confederate Air Force August, 1990