In memorium

“Dear Mom and Dad,

Boy Mom, this is the life. . .Everyone gripes but I don't think there's anyone that would trade if for anything else. . .I enjoyed Poot's letter. Seems he's learning to write without going to school. I miss that kid more than you think. I hope that he will recognize me as quickly when I get home next time. I'll never forget how I woke him up, and he said, “Don” the first thing.”

On March 21, 1945, the Fifth Marine Division dedicated on Iwo Jima their cemetery, wherein lay the bodies of those men who fell during the battle. Donald Eisenhauer had been buried there on February...