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Archive for February 5th, 2008

retired doc’s thoughts: Three years and a birthday

Posted by GruntDoc on 5th February 2008

Happy Birthday to Resired Doc!

retired doc’s thoughts: Three years of blogging-a look back and a happy blog birthday to me
Some of things I have learned about and written about in my blog over the past three years I would have never imagined three years ago let alone forty years ago when I was handed a MD diploma. Here are some of them.

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Last man in iconic Iwo Jima flag-raising photo dies

Posted by GruntDoc on 5th February 2008

Last man in iconic Iwo Jima flag-raising photo dies - CNN.com

REDDING, California (AP) — Raymond Jacobs, believed to be the last surviving member of the group of Marines photographed during the original U.S. flag-raising on Iwo Jima during World War II, has died at age 82.

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Our WWII vets are leaving us. I doubt our generation will be missed to the same degree.

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