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Episode 536: The Manhattan Project Part IV - I Am Become Death

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The Pentagon and the Deadliest Day in Marine Corps History

Ewo Jima became a byword for victory at high cost perseverance whilst waiting through the blood of your comrades. Ira Hayes ballad was very real that was about one of the guys who did raise the flag on Ewo Jima. One thing that was staged was that goddamn picture that went viral even before the Internet. They all were because there was them winning and then they would go and make it a thing. It wasn't winning.

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