Gunny G's Marines History and Traditions: Patriotic Fervor and the Truth About Iwo Jima...By Karal Ann Marling and John Wetenhal
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Gunny G's Marines History and Traditions: Patriotic Fervor and the Truth About Iwo Jima...By Karal Ann Marling and John Wetenhal
Gunny G's Marines History and Traditions: Patriotic Fervor and the Truth About Iwo Jima...By Karal Ann Marling and John Wetenhal:
"But Americans' yearning goes deeper than a willingness to believe Hollywood formula and fantasy. It involves the preservation of a passionate faith in the hero, a belief in the individual's ability to change the course of history (the valor of Delacroix's flag-waving 'Liberty' and the resolve of Leutze's 'Washington'), a faith now so distressingly contradicted by the 58,180 names on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
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February 23, 2012 at 7:32 PM | #1GUNNY G: REMEMBER WHEN ALL THIS WAS STILL NEW? « ~ BLOGGER.GUNNY.G.1984+. ~ (BLOG & EMAIL)
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March 5, 2012 at 7:54 AM | #2China Marines!: Gunny G’s Legends and Myths… « ~ BLOGGER.GUNNY.G.1984+. ~ (BLOG & EMAIL)
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March 6, 2012 at 9:20 PM | #319/365 – Honoring – Carly Hyde « Project 365 Vets
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March 31, 2013 at 11:30 AM | #4Gunny G’s Notes On USMC Politics, History, Inter-Service Relations, etc. | AMERICAN BLOGGER: GUNNY.G ~ WEBLOG.EMAIL










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