Raising the flag on Iwo Jima
This Piece by Paul Greenberg in Jewish World Review was thought provoking. We are sure forgetful when it comes to our deliverance from evil in generations past. When G-d instituted the Passover Meal it was with this human tendency in mind. Each item of food and glass of wine recalling a specific part of the freeing of the people from tyranny.
I had dinner last week with a man who flew as a navigator on C46's during the great war. He pulled out his photo album after we had eaten and brought life to the faces rendered in black and white. Every young man was part of an amazing story. One pilot emails the other guys every day. It is sad to think that these vivid memories are unshared by so many of us.
Members of the Greatest Generation are getting fewer. Who will remember their stories and show us pictures of the crosses on Iwo Jima when they are gone?
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