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Col. Dave Severance, Commander at Iwo Jima, Dies at 102
BY LIGHTLYNEWS.COM · ON AUGUST 5, 2021 · IN U.S.

Col. Dave Severance, the commander of the Marine firm that raised an enormous American flag over the Japanese island of Iwo Jima in World War II, inspiring the that thrilled the American house entrance and have become an everlasting picture of males at battle, died on Monday at his house within the La Jolla part of San Diego. He was 102.

His demise was introduced by his daughter Nina Cohen.

The flag-raising atop Mount Suribachi on Feb. 23, 1945, captured by an Associated Press photographer, Joe Rosenthal, was taken when the battle for Iwo Jima was removed from over. In the times that adopted, Colonel Severance earned the Silver Star, the Marines’ third-highest ornament for valor after the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross. The quotation acknowledged that in a firefight for a closely defended ridge, he “skillfully directed the assault on this robust enemy place regardless of cussed resistance.”

Colonel Severance, a captain on the time, commanded Easy Company of the 28th Marine Regiment, Fifth Marine Division — a part of the 70,000-man Marine pressure that sought to grab Iwo Jima, 7.5 sq. miles of black volcanic sand about 660 miles south of Tokyo. The island, defended by 21,000 Japanese troops, held airstrips that had been wanted as bases for American fighter planes and as havens for crippled bombers returning to the Mariana Islands from missions over Japan.

Amid heavy casualties, the Marines by the fifth day of fight on Iwo Jima had silenced most opposition from Japanese troopers dug into caves on Mount Suribachi, an extinct volcano 546 ft excessive at Iwo Jima’s southern tip.

In midmorning, a bunch of Marines from Easy Company raised a flag on the summit, a ceremony photographed by Sgt. Louis Lowery of the Marine journal Leatherneck. When James Forrestal, the secretary of the Navy, who was on the seaside beneath, noticed the flag, he requested that it’s saved as a memento. After it was returned to the seaside, Colonel Severance despatched one other group of his Marines to convey a bigger flag to the mountaintop.

It was the elevating of the second flag that was portrayed in Mr. Rosenthal’s dramatic .

Both flags are actually on the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Va. Frayed by robust winds, the second flag flew above Mount Suribachi for the rest of the Iwo Jima marketing campaign. The Joe Rosenthal is within the National Archives. And the scene he photographed was replicated on a monumental scale as a statue on the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Va., throughout the Potomac from the National Mall in Washington. It is devoted to “the Marine lifeless of all wars and their comrades of different providers who fell combating beside them.”

PictureColonel Severance in 1944, when he was a captain within the Marines. When he turned 100, the commandant of the Marines instructed him in a letter, “You performed a vital function in shaping the warrior ethos of our Corps.” Credit…National WWII Museum

Dave Elliott Severance was born on Feb. four, 1919, in Milwaukee to Dave and Belle Severance. His household moved to Greely, Colo., when he was a baby.. He attended the University of Washington for a 12 months, then joined the Marines in 1938.

He was commissioned as a lieutenant and first noticed fight as a platoon commander within the 1943 battle for the Pacific island of Bougainville. His platoon was ambushed and lower off by Japanese troops a few mile behind enemy strains, however fought its manner out of an encirclement and worn out the enemy with the lack of just one Marine, in keeping with the National WWII Museum in New Orleans.

Early in 1944, he was promoted to captain. He had six officers and 240 enlisted males beneath his command when the Marines landed on Iwo Jima on Feb. 19, 1945.

After World War II, Colonel Severance accomplished flight coaching and flew fighter plane in the course of the Korean War. He accomplished 69 missions and earned the Distinguished Flying Cross. He was promoted to colonel in 1962. At his retirement, in May 1968, he was assistant director of personnel at Marine headquarters.

In addition to his daughter Nina, his survivors embrace two sons, Dave Jr. and Mike; one other daughter, Lynn Severance; and grandchildren and great-grandchildren. His marriage to his first spouse, Margaret, led to divorce. His second spouse, Barbara, died in 2017.

Colonel Severance was portrayed by Neil McDonough as a Marine captain and by Harve Presnell as an older man in “Flags of Our Fathers” (2006), Clint Eastwood’s movie concerning the six males who raised the flag at Iwo Jima. Colonel Severance was a advisor for the film.

In a February 2021 interview with Coffee or Die, Colonel Severance mentioned that from the angle of the battlefield, he had not realized what an emotional chord the second flag-raising would strike again house. It took Hollywood and John Wayne to try this for him.

“It wasn’t till 1949, when the ‘The Sands of Iwo Jima’ got here out — I spotted the influence that second and battle had on the nation,” he mentioned.

When Colonel Severance celebrated his 100th birthday, the Marine Corps commandant, Gen. Robert Neller, despatched him a letter stating, “You performed a vital function in shaping the warrior ethos of our Corps.”

On that event, Colonel Severance took a wry look again on his profession in an interview with the newspaper La Jolla Light.

Asked how he wish to be remembered, he mentioned, “I by no means thought of it,” then added, “Just that I used to be a Marine for 30 years and I by no means ended up in jail.”

That Derek <thatderek@yahoo.com> wrote:
> https://lightlynews.com/2021/08/05/us/col-dave-severance-commander-at-iwo-jima-dies-at-102/
>
> Col. Dave Severance, Commander at Iwo Jima, Dies at 102
> BY LIGHTLYNEWS.COM ? ON AUGUST 5, 2021 ? IN U.S.
>
> Col. Dave Severance, the commander of the Marine firm that raised an enormous American flag over the Japanese island of Iwo Jima in World War II, inspiring the that thrilled the American house entrance and have become an everlasting picture of males at battle, died on Monday at his house within the La Jolla part of San Diego. He was 102.
>
> His demise was introduced by his daughter Nina Cohen.
>
> The flag-raising atop Mount Suribachi on Feb. 23, 1945, captured by an Associated Press photographer, Joe Rosenthal, was taken when the battle for Iwo Jima was removed from over. In the times that adopted, Colonel Severance earned the Silver Star, the Marines? third-highest ornament for valor after the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross. The quotation acknowledged that in a firefight for a closely defended ridge, he ?skillfully directed the assault on this robust enemy place regardless of cussed resistance.?
>
>
>
> Colonel Severance, a captain on the time, commanded Easy Company of the 28th
> Marine Regiment, Fifth Marine Division ? a part of the 70,000-man Marine
> pressure that sought to grab Iwo Jima, 7.5 sq. miles of black volcanic sand
> about 660 miles south of Tokyo. The island, defended by 21,000 Japanese
> troops, held airstrips that had been wanted as bases for American fighter
> planes and as havens for crippled bombers returning to the Mariana Islands
> from missions over Japan.
>
> Amid heavy casualties, the Marines by the fifth day of fight on Iwo Jima had silenced most opposition from Japanese troopers dug into caves on Mount Suribachi, an extinct volcano 546 ft excessive at Iwo Jima?s southern tip.
>
> In midmorning, a bunch of Marines from Easy Company raised a flag on the
> summit, a ceremony photographed by Sgt. Louis Lowery of the Marine journal
> Leatherneck. When James Forrestal, the secretary of the Navy, who was on the
> seaside beneath, noticed the flag, he requested that it?s saved as a memento.
> After it was returned to the seaside, Colonel Severance despatched one other
> group of his Marines to convey a bigger flag to the mountaintop.

Hmm,the Wikipedia article indicates that the battalion commander
(superior to Severance,who was not then a colonel) sent up a new
flag out of anger with,not desire to fulfill,Forrestal's request,
so that the first flag could be secured for the battalion.

> It was the elevating of the second flag that was portrayed in Mr. Rosenthal?s dramatic .
>
> Both flags are actually on the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Va. Frayed by robust winds, the second flag flew above Mount Suribachi for the rest of the Iwo Jima marketing campaign. The Joe Rosenthal is within the National Archives. And the scene he photographed was replicated on a monumental scale as a statue on the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Va., throughout the Potomac from the National Mall in Washington. It is devoted to ?the Marine lifeless of all wars and their comrades of different providers who fell combating beside them.?
>
> PictureColonel Severance in 1944, when he was a captain within the Marines. When he turned 100, the commandant of the Marines instructed him in a letter, ?You performed a vital function in shaping the warrior ethos of our Corps.? Credit?National WWII Museum
>
> Dave Elliott Severance was born on Feb. four, 1919, in Milwaukee to Dave and Belle Severance. His household moved to Greely, Colo., when he was a baby. He attended the University of Washington for a 12 months, then joined the Marines in 1938.
>
> He was commissioned as a lieutenant and first noticed fight as a platoon commander within the 1943 battle for the Pacific island of Bougainville. His platoon was ambushed and lower off by Japanese troops a few mile behind enemy strains, however fought its manner out of an encirclement and worn out the enemy with the lack of just one Marine, in keeping with the National WWII Museum in New Orleans.
>
>
> Early in 1944, he was promoted to captain.
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In article <sehqpp$o79$1@reader1.panix.com>, Louis Epstein
<le@top.put.com> wrote:

> Both flags are actually on the National Museum of the Marine Corps in
> Quantico, Va. Frayed by robust winds, the second flag flew above Mount
> Suribachi for the rest of the Iwo Jima marketing campaign.

The marketing campaign?!?

On Thursday, August 5, 2021 at 11:12:50 PM UTC-4, A Friend wrote:
> In article <sehqpp$o79$1...@reader1.panix.com>, Louis Epstein
> <l...@top.put.com> wrote:
>
> > Both flags are actually on the National Museum of the Marine Corps in
> > Quantico, Va. Frayed by robust winds, the second flag flew above Mount
> > Suribachi for the rest of the Iwo Jima marketing campaign.
> The marketing campaign?!?

The passage in the original New York Times obit reads "Both flags are now at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Va. Frayed by strong winds, the second flag flew above Mount Suribachi for the remainder of the Iwo Jima campaign."

This post is a translation of a translation - a New York Times article that was translated into some foreign language, then back into English.
(The first sentence describes Severance as the commander of "the Marine firm" rather than "the Marine company." That's a sign you're in trouble.)