[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9309]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                 A LOOK BACK AT THE BATTLE OF IWO JIMA

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the 
gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Burton) is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, everybody knows about Iwo Jima 
and the horrible battle that took place there back in 1945.
  This weekend an organization called Freedom Alliance is going to have 
a number of specials on this on the Fox News Channel, and I hope all of 
my colleagues have a chance to see this.
  The Freedom Alliance founder and Honorary Chairman, Lieutenant 
Colonel Oliver North, will be hosting a 60-minute documentary this 
weekend on the Fox News channel outlining the bloody battle, Iwo Jima 
during World War II.
  He will interview survivors from Iwo Jima and Marines who played 
crucial roles in the pivotal battle in the Pacific for the special 
which is entitled War Stories with Oliver North.
  This will air three times on the Fox News channel over Memorial Day 
weekend. I urge all of my colleagues to watch. The times and dates are 
as follows: on Saturday, May 26 at 10 p.m. Eastern; 7 p.m. Pacific it 
will be on; Sunday, May 27, 8 p.m. Eastern; 5 p.m. Pacific; and Monday, 
May 28, noon Eastern, 9 a.m. Pacific.
  The battle for Iwo Jima which was fought during February and March of 
1945 was one of the bloodiest battles of World War II, nearly 7,000 
U.S. military personnel lost their lives and 16,000 were wounded. Most 
of them were Marines.
  Mr. Speaker, when the island was secured on February 23, 1945, five 
Marines and one Navy Corpsman raised the Stars and Stripes on Mt. 
Suribachi, the highest point on the island. Associated Press 
photographer Joe Rosenthal captured the historic moment on film and the 
Marines Corps War Memorial, which now stands at the north end of 
Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, was sculpted from that 
famous photograph.
  This fascinating and informative television special this weekend is 
worth all of our time. I hope my colleagues will watch it.
  On this Memorial Day, Oliver North and the Freedom Alliance salute 
all the men and women of our Armed Forces whose lives were taken in the 
defense of America's liberty. We continue to pray also for the safety 
of our soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines who serve today.
  Mr. Speaker, I hope all of my colleagues will take the time this 
weekend to watch this very important.




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