Iwo Jima survivor, David Greene, returns to island to seek peace with former enemies

What an insightful story. My uncle John( Jack) Conway died on Iwo Jima. He had five brothers who served I will share this with my grandchildren. Thank you .🇺🇸

What a great story especially when you said that you had never seen the ocean , I remember as a 17 year old in jan. 1967 for my first ride in a airplane going to Oakland Ca. on my way to Vietnam I got my first look at the ocean from 35000 ft in the air.I spent 27mo. 19days there and still couldn't buy beer when I got home. But listening to you I knew my dad was in the Army and landed on Luzon and some other Islands including Japan. He never ever talked about his experiences at all. What more I received a bronze star in Vietnam and after he died I got his DD-214 and he had received 2 Bronze stars. When I seen that I couldn't believed my eyes, he knew I received one but he never said a word.

This was a generation which we owe so mush. God bless.

Great video. My Dad served in the Marine Corps during WWII and remained silent about it. This gentleman found peace and reconciliation. What a powerful statement that was.

The greatest generation, thank you for your service

Very powerful story of grit, determination, survival and then peace, love and reconciliation.

My Dad PFC Buring Beam, 4th Marines 25th Bat. Blue Beach One--he died in the VA hospital in 97--his last moments of life on this Earth was spent reliving fighting the Japanese on Iwo .God bless teh Marines and please never forget! Thank you for this video.

My Uncle John was in the 26th Regiment, 5th Marines. Amazing I would find this video of a great American who served with him. Outstanding story

My husband and I met Dave and his wife Marian when the four of us camped in Periwinkle RV Park on Sanibel Island. probably in 1993. We got together every year for many years - as long as they continued to come down to their condominium. About 10 years ago when Dave and Marian were no longer coming to Florida, they had their daughter give me some of the shells that they had collected on Sanibel so we could use them in the Sanibel Shell Club. I still have one of the boxes and use it for my "sewing box." It is a box that was used by one of their Japanese friends to send Dave and Marian some cookies. I kept it because it was a very sturdy cardboard box and because I knew the story behind it.

I had a neighbor when I was in high school who fought on Iwo Jima. As a souvenir he brought home a canteen filled with sand from the beach where he landed. He was a big influence on me and he was happy when I joined the Corps in 1964.

My dad was on a USMC troop ship sitting in San Diego harbor waiting to leave for Iwo Jima. He and two other guys got called off the boat because their shot records weren't up to date. While they're on shore, the boats left. My dad and the two guys missed the entire battle and caught a later ship to Japan to clean up near Nagasaki.

I served a year on Iwo in 1954 it was an anniversary of ten yrs the phototografer that took the famous photo of the flag raising was there. That was years ago I'm now 90 and it's great to see the now photos my how things have changed. We lived in quancet huts now they have barracks.

Sir, I can never thank you enough for your service. May God bless you always!!! ✝️🇺🇸✝️

These men are pearls in a lost and dying world. I'm glad too be old enough too have known them.

I had a grandfather and a step grandfather who both served in WWII who never talked about the war and it breaks my heart that I never got to hear their story

I can only sit in awe as I listen to this. My grandfather was there but never talked about it. That generation was cut from a totally different cloth than those that came after. Humbling, as some have described it. I'm not so sure that words can even describe it completely, the feeling you experience. This was an amazing piece. Thank you.

thank you for your service sir from a desert storm vet god bless

Lovely man. There are other countries that have combined memorial services with their former enemies. Particularly Australia and New Zealand have a combined service on 25th April each year with Turkey, commemorating the allied landings at Gallipoli in Turkey in 1915.

My Uncle Raymond died several days after he was wounded on Iwo Jima. May they all rest in peace. They are with God and at peace.🙏🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸

My Grandpa was a WW2 Veteran, in the European front. He was an Army Airborne Paratrooper behind enemy lines in Italy. He was not injured and he made 11 jumps.He made it through the War, but he didn't talk about it and I respected him and never talked about it with him. He saw a lot and it wasn't meant to be talked about. A lot of pain. Freedom isn't free, thank you all military veterans and active service members of all branches of the military for your service. God bless you and your families and God bless AMERICA 🇺🇸. LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE, BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVED TO DEFEND OUR FREEDOM. 🙏🇺🇸❤.