I'd like to take a moment to thank all of our veterans who served our country as well as the families that stood beside them and shared in the difficulties of making such a sacrifice. My father was a marine among those that stormed the beaches of Iwo Jima and witnessed the original raising of the American flag, not the reenactment for the photograph. I know first hand of the struggles families often face, even when the ultimate sacrifice has not been made. Flag Raising Reenac