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Black Sands Volume 1, Issue 1 Fall MICROSOFT IJAA Newsletter Chairman: VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1 F A L L , 2 0 1 0 LtGen Larry Snowden USMC (ret) President: LtGen H.C. (Hank) Iwo Jima Association of America Stackpole USMC (ret) Vice President: 66th Anniversary of the LtGen Earl Hailston USMC (ret) Battle of Iwo Jima Executive Reunion and Historical Symposium Vice President of Operations: February 17-20, 2011 Col Warren Wiedhahn, USMC (ret) Washington DC Executive Director: Shayne Jarosz Reunion of Honor Tour Secretary: March 11-18, 2011 LtCol Bob Lindholm USMC ( ret) Guam and Iwo Jima Treasurer: Doug Meny PwC CPA MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF IWO JIMA ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA Board Members: Col Bill Rockey,USMC Welcome to our inaugu- to his family and friends. Please save the date to (ret) ral newsletter! I would The passing of General attend the 66th Iwo Jima like to express my sin- Symposium in Washing- Bonnie Haynes Haynes reminds us that Diane Kuebler cere appreciation for IJAA is in a period of ton DC during February John Butler your continued support transition. The legacy of 17-20, 2011. Also re- of the Iwo Jima Associa- our beloved Iwo Jima member to renew your tion of America veterans is in the process annual dues via the ("IJAA"). of being transferred to membership form on the Iwo Jima Association It is with great sadness the families who are de- last page of this newslet- of America, Inc. is a that I inform you of the termined to keep the re- ter or via the PayPal link registered U.S. public passing of General Fred membrance of Iwo Jima on our website charity, organized un- Haynes (the founder of alive going forward. The IwoJimaAssociation.org der Section 501(c)(3) of IJAA) on March 25. recent HBO miniseries at your convenience. the Internal Revenue General Haynes was a "The Pacific" reflects the Semper Fidelis! Code. All donations Marine of the highest growing national aware- General Hank Stackpole and membership contri- integrity and a patriot ness that the history of butions are fully tax- who inspired us during this battle needs to be deductible. his very full life. Our sin- remembered and shared cere condolences extend with future generations. VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1 P A G E 2 Message from the Executive Director The day after the funeral of our Associ- erate the Iwo ation Founder and President, Major Jima Symposium General Fred Haynes, USMC, on 22 in February, and July, at Arlington National Cemetery, the “Reunion of the Iwo Jima Association of America Honor” tour to (IJAA) held an organizational meeting Iwo Jima in to elect officers and board members, as March, but will well as outline the direction that IJAA also add an addi- plans to take in the upcoming year. tional tour each LtGen Larry Snowden opened the pro- year that will ceedings as chairman. LtGen Snowden educate partici- National Museum introduced the new President, LtGen pants about the War in the Pacific. HC “Hank” Stackpole who resides in Starting in July of 2011, an annual edu- of the Marine Corps Honolulu, HI. He brings with him 36 cational tour will be offered to mem- Quantico, VA years of Marine Corps service, as well bers and friends of the IJAA that will as many years of experience in the examine WWII. The first tour will ex- business world. An election was then amine the start of the war in the Pacific held by the board and the following with the attack on Pearl Harbor and individuals were elected: LtGen Earl will include Kaneohe Marine base as Hailston, Vice President, Col Warren well as Camp Tarawa on the big island Wiedhahn, Executive Vice President, of Hawaii. Shayne Jarosz, Executive Director, In addition to the organizational agen- Doug Meny, Treasurer, and LtCol Rob- th ert Lindholm, Secretary. New board da, the 5 Marine Division Association members elected at the meeting were: sent two representatives, Ivan Ham- Col Bill Rockey, Bonnie Haynes, Di- mond and John Huffines, to discuss the ane Kuebler, and John Butler. memorial statue to be dedicated at the Museum of the Marine Corps in Febru- The primary discussion during the Board meeting was education and in- ary 2011. The “BAR on the Beach” By Eric Hammel clusion. The IJAA Board believes that statue has the full support of IJAA and the veterans of WWII should be re- it was mutually agreed that IJAA will membered and celebrated. In order to help in any way possible. achieve this goal, we must first and More information about membership foremost make sure that IJAA works and educational trips will be posted on FOR the veterans of Iwo Jima. Also, the IJAA website. If you are interested IJAA must provide an arena for “Legacy” members to exchange stories, in joining the association to help pre- pictures, and make contacts with others serve the memory of this iconic battle who can fill in the blanks. Legacy on Iwo Jima, please visit our website at members are family members and www.IwoJimaAssociation.org. friends of Iwo Jima Veterans. As Iwo You may also contact me, IJAA‟s Ex- Jima veterans‟ associations start to ecutive Director, Shayne Jarosz, at wind down, IJAA‟s goal is to welcome (703)212-8128 or email all interested participants from said as- By Dick Camp sociations and place them under the [email protected]. umbrella of IJAA. Semper Fidelis! IJAA will continue to organize and op- VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1 P A G E 3 65th Anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima By John Butler In February, I attended the quet were three battalion com- IJAA reunion and symposi- manders from Iwo Jima: Dick um honoring the 65th anni- Rothwell (97) 2/24, Shelton versary of the Battle for Iwo Scales (94) 3/23, and Gerry Jima. This organization was Russell (93) 2/27 from 9-26 known as Combat Veterans March. Russell landed as of Iwo Jima, but has been XO/2/27 and replaced LtCol renamed this year because John Antoelli the CO on 9 Mar many of the Iwo veterans are when Antonelli was wounded passing on and more and and evacuated. Rothwell was more of the attendees are the father of Dick Rothwell, a children and grandchildren of fellow USNA classmate of Iwo Jima veterans, in addi- Veterans at 65th Anniversary of mine and fellow Marine who tional to journalists and his- Battle of Iwo Jima went on to complete a 29-year torians with an interest in career in the Corps. Iwo Jima. Diane Kuebler and I, along with another Iwo Marine This year, the IJAA event was held at the Sheraton in Junior Kevin Jarvis, hosted a family night meeting to Arlington, VA. On the first day, attendees were wel- discuss the importance of Iwo Jima children and comed at the Heritage Center at Quantico by the grandchildren in fostering the legacy of our fathers Commandant with an inspiring address linking the and Iwo Jima. legacy of Iwo Jima to the new generation of Marines It was a rewarding and well-organized event—the fighting in Afghanistan. The second day featured a best I have attended. Kudos and thanks to General symposium held at the hotel. Colonel Dick Camp Fred Haynes, former President of the Association, gave a superb account of the Naval gunfire and UDT/ and himself an Iwo veteran of the 28th Marines, Gen- Marine Recon pre-landing operation from 16-18 Feb. eral Snowden, Jim Adams (the former IJAA Director) Lieutenant General Jim Mattis gave a rousing ad- and Col Warren Wiedhahn and his entire staff from dress on today's Marines and the difficult fight they Military Historical Tours. They hit the ball out of the face with "No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy." park on this one! General Larry Snowden introduced the Japanese mili- tary attaché who addressed the group. He reviewed the history of the Japanese Army occupation on Iwo Veterans’ Scrapbook Jima, preparation of defenses and the current use as a Japanese Self Defense Force air base. General Snow- den has long fostered the Reunions of Honor and fur- thering strong relations between former foes on the battlefield. A number of Iwo veterans spoke of their personal ex- periences. All services, except some Army ground support units and US Coast Guard, were represented. A former B-29 pilot thanked all present for their sac- rifices. He was one of many able to get his crippled plane back to safety because Iwo Jima was in friendly hands. Then, a trio of Navajo Code Talkers thrilled us with a rendition of the Marine Corps hymn in Navajo! Saturday evening, we enjoyed a superb meal, enter- tainment by the Quantico Marine band and an address From Bill Plummer‟s (1/26) photos from the Assistant Commandant. Attending the ban- — labeled “Hilo” 1945 VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1 P A G E 4 Did you know... On March 11, 1945 Senator Joseph C. O. Mahoney asked the Postmaster General to issue a special three cent Iwo Jima stamp depicting the flag- raising on Mt. Suribachi. To gain support for the stamp proposal, he wrote both to the Associated Press, the Commandant of the Marine Corps, and also appealed to the US Senate. In July 1945, the Post Office released the three cent stamp printed in "Marine Corps green" (the first commemorative stamp of that denomination not issued in purple). It was the first stamp to represent living persons—Iwo Jima surviving veterans John Bradley, Rene Gagnon and Ira Hayes (note: 3 of the second flag raisers—Franklin Sous- ley, Harlan Block and Mike Strank were KIA on Iwo).
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