Fourth of July Tribute 2008
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-inscription on the Iwo Jima Monument
Three of the six Marines in this photograph died in later fighting on Iwo Jima. A fourth lived the rest of his life a broken man, wracked by survivor guilt. Overall, 6,825 Marines perished in the battle. [Source]
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Mike DeVine’s Charlotte Observer columns
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"The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race." - The Chief Justice
Mike DeVine’s Charlotte Observer columns
www.theminorityreportblog.com
"The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race." - The Chief Justice
And
"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it."
-Thomas Paine: The American Crisis, No. 4, 1777
country!
Mike DeVine’s Charlotte Observer columns
www.theminorityreportblog.com
"The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race." - The Chief Justice
The statement about liberty was inspired by a well-known quote by the German theologian Dietrich Bonnhoeffer: grace is free but not cheap
Dietrich Bonhoeffer was later hanged at the Flossenbürg concentration camp on April 9, 1945, just three weeks before Hitler's suicide, for his complicity in the failed July 20 Plot to assassinate Hitler.
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