Charles W. Lindberg

James, 

Thanks for the story on Cpl Lindberg,  thanks for the share.  Make it a productive Thursday.  Bill Salvatore #AZVHV

God Bless him.

Good morning James,

A genuine hero who deserves more than he received.

Make yourself an awesome day.

Good morning James. He is a prime example of the true American hero in a time when men where men. Enjoy your day.

Interesting, I have never paid much attention to war stuff, so most of these things I am hearing about for the first time, haha.

Good morning, James... an amazing hero, for sure! We should teach our children more about people like this.

Gee, as a North Dakotian you would think I would have known this but.. nope, I didn't have a clue James Dray 

Good morning James,

I knew the name by the title of the post.  What I did not know is his heroic accomplishment.  Happy Thursday.  A

Thank you very much, James, for sharing this story.

Take care, be safe and have a great day.

Hello James and so many great men where on the island and got wounded but raising that flag for great.

I've read a few books on Iwo Jima and it was brutal on the loss of lives to capture those islands. 

Wow, another great man and a true American hero. Great post as always.

Hi James- I'll bet that he had some very interesting stories but like many of his generation, he may not have shared them. 

Good morning James! That certainly is a man that did a lot to serve his country

I felt I knew the name but certainly not all of the accomplishments and heroism.

Well I just recently read about the battle and go figure I did not put the two together...shame on me, Endre

Hi James Dray - You just put a profile to a person in an iconic and heroic image of WWII.  Thank you!

thank you for telling us about someone else who helped to raise the flag - I know about Ira Hayes but this is a new person to me 

Hi James Dray, your story of Cpl. Lindberg brought back memories and stories I heard from my Uncle who was a Marine in WWII and all the bravery of so many men.  I do recall the popular names of  Iwo Jima, Guadalcanal and the Solomon Islands.  In the mid-80's  I lived for a short time on the Navy Base, Pearl Harbor. I remember seeing WWII movies through the years:   Since You Went Away....I  Walk Alone....Thirty Seconds over Tokyo...The Sullivans. Then the WWII song:  'Coming in on a Song and a Prayer.  Your post brought back lots of those memories.  Men like Cpl. Lindberg had extraordinary courage.

Charles W. Lindberg is not the Lindberg that I thought you would be writing about. The photo of the Marines planting the U. S. Flag at the top of Mount Suribachi is one to the most iconic photos to come out the WW2.