The Power of a Photograph - An Iwo Jima Relic Binds Generations

[johnastovall]

"...Driving a truck a week later, Mr. Hobbs stumbled on a Japanese soldier — a tall man, like him, with no visible wounds, lying dead near a cave. The man wore a helmet and a military jacket. A white envelope peeked out of his chest pocket. Mr. Hobbs, then 21, opened the envelope to find a child’s colorful drawing — of youngsters lined up for an air-raid drill with buckets and padded garb — and a photograph of a baby. He asked an intelligence officer nearby if he could keep it..."

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[Hanky]

I enjoyed that, Thank you.

[raevyncent]

Very touching, thanks for the post