Semper Fi to the Marines of Iwo Jima!
19Feb1945, United States Marines from the 3rd, 4th, and 5th Marine Divisions stormed the beaches of the Japanese island of Iwo Jima, embarking on what became one of the Marine Corps' fiercest battles and defining moments. In this picture, Marines of the 5th Division make their way up a slope on Red Beach #1 as they head towards Mount Suribachi.
Huffington Post · 2/18/03 · Simon McCormack
The death of a man with Down syndrome who was reportedly killed after lying face-down in police custody has been ruled a homicide.
WJLA reports that Robert Saylor, 26, of New Market, Md., was asphyxiated on Jan. 12, according to a medical examiner's ruling late last week.
A "law enforcement source familiar with the case" told the station that Saylor "went into distress when he was put face down on the ground."
Police were reportedly called to a Frederick movie theater by employees who couldn't get Saylor to leave. He had come to the theater with a health aide, paid admission for "Zero Dark Thirty," but allegedly remained after it was over.
Dr. George Kirkham, a criminologist and former law enforcement officer, told the Frederick News Post that Saylor's death may have been caused by positional asphyxia.
WJLA reports that Robert Saylor, 26, of New Market, Md., was asphyxiated on Jan. 12, according to a medical examiner's ruling late last week.
A "law enforcement source familiar with the case" told the station that Saylor "went into distress when he was put face down on the ground."
Police were reportedly called to a Frederick movie theater by employees who couldn't get Saylor to leave. He had come to the theater with a health aide, paid admission for "Zero Dark Thirty," but allegedly remained after it was over.
Dr. George Kirkham, a criminologist and former law enforcement officer, told the Frederick News Post that Saylor's death may have been caused by positional asphyxia.
DJ MacWoW:
But onyx, that would have been understanding and compassionate and they just wanted him out of their way.
Btw, what the hell was his aide doing? Nothing?
But onyx, that would have been understanding and compassionate and they just wanted him out of their way.
Btw, what the hell was his aide doing? Nothing?
Syncro:
Death panels in their glory.
This individual doesn't fit the workerbee profile and is therefore an expendable useless eater.
Death panels in their glory.
This individual doesn't fit the workerbee profile and is therefore an expendable useless eater.
"Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, Religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of Patriotism who should labour to subvert these great Pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of Men and citizens" - George Washington
ConorMacNessa:
With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.
With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.
May God bless those men.
Most people only think of the planting of our flag which was a great moral booster for the fighting men and the whole of the USA. What most don't realise is how long that battle lasted and the cost in American lives.