Bar on The Beach

And when the 5th division entered combat, it acted from the first hour like a unit of veterans. It fought that first tough fight with the utmost vigor, courage, and intelligence. Few times in history has a force kept fighting in the face of losses such as our division suffered on Iwo Jima. The division followed attack with attack. As a single member of the 5th Marine Division... I here join with all other veterans of the 5th in tribute to the spearhead. K.E. Rockey, Lieutenant General, USMC.