Comments on: Return to Tarawa – Interview With Leon Cooper http://www.armchairgeneral.com/return-to-tarawa-interview-with-leon-cooper.htm All things military history! Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:45:27 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Allen Slotto http://www.armchairgeneral.com/return-to-tarawa-interview-with-leon-cooper.htm/comment-page-1#comment-8755 Allen Slotto Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:11:23 +0000 http://www.armchairgeneral.com/?p=6059#comment-8755 I don't know if you found it or not, but I ran across the link for Leon Coopers website, www.returntotarawa.net I too just saw the show on the military channel and felt I should know more. I don’t know if you found it or not, but I ran across the link for Leon Coopers website, http://www.returntotarawa.net
I too just saw the show on the military channel and felt I should know more.

]]> By: OBR http://www.armchairgeneral.com/return-to-tarawa-interview-with-leon-cooper.htm/comment-page-1#comment-8292 OBR Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:47:30 +0000 http://www.armchairgeneral.com/?p=6059#comment-8292 Just watched the first part of a three-part interview with Leon here: http://tinyurl.com/msmm38 Hearing him talk about the battle was intense and gripping. Just watched the first part of a three-part interview with Leon here:

http://tinyurl.com/msmm38

Hearing him talk about the battle was intense and gripping.

]]> By: Ernest Birch, Jr. http://www.armchairgeneral.com/return-to-tarawa-interview-with-leon-cooper.htm/comment-page-1#comment-8276 Ernest Birch, Jr. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:53:49 +0000 http://www.armchairgeneral.com/?p=6059#comment-8276 As a Marine who served from 1968-1972 I am SHOCKED to read that Tarawa is in its present state as a garbage dump!! Tarawa was one of the Marine landings we we were taught at PI; even though it experienced major problems. I read about this in the August, 2009 issue of "Naval History" and would like to get in touch with Mr. Leon Cooper. I don't know how I can help but I will be damned if I sit by and let this sacred Marine landing be used for Garbage!!!! As a Marine who served from 1968-1972 I am SHOCKED to read that Tarawa is in its present state as a garbage dump!!
Tarawa was one of the Marine landings we we were taught at PI; even though it experienced major problems.

I read about this in the August, 2009 issue of “Naval History” and would like to get in touch with Mr. Leon Cooper. I don’t know how I can help but I will be damned if I sit by and let this sacred Marine landing be used for Garbage!!!!

]]> By: R PIEARCY http://www.armchairgeneral.com/return-to-tarawa-interview-with-leon-cooper.htm/comment-page-1#comment-8247 R PIEARCY Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:09:52 +0000 http://www.armchairgeneral.com/?p=6059#comment-8247 Shame on us as American citizens to knowingly let the remains of our brave sailers and marines go on thru time missing. When the authorities know the general areas of the graveyards on Tarawa.UH RAH Leon Cooper . My prayers are with you!!!! WAKE UP AMERICA LEST WE FORGET? Shame on us as American citizens to knowingly let the remains of our brave sailers and marines go on thru time missing. When the authorities know the general areas of the graveyards on Tarawa.UH RAH Leon Cooper . My prayers are with you!!!! WAKE UP AMERICA LEST WE FORGET?

]]> By: cjn http://www.armchairgeneral.com/return-to-tarawa-interview-with-leon-cooper.htm/comment-page-1#comment-8202 cjn Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:20:58 +0000 http://www.armchairgeneral.com/?p=6059#comment-8202 I've just watched the documentary on Hulu.com and was some impressed by Mr Cooper. Hulu has some strange comments written by viewers, hard to watch. I can understand Mr Cooper's anger. My husband is buried at Quantico and the last time I visited his grave, I had to crawl on my hands and knees, tearing crabgrass of the flat stones to find his grave -to say it was traumatic is an understatement. I was young then in my 30's but I couldn't help wondering about the older widows the ones unable to root for a grave, I cried for them too. When I complained, the responses were the same, "it's not my job" I am numb on Memorial Day watching the picnics and everyone wishing each other a "Happy Holiday" Albeit, my husband, a disabled Viet nNam vet and my uncles who died at Pearl Harbor and Okinawa, would probably smile that their sacrifice allows such frivolity; I'm sure they wouldn't mind the lack of respect... that is for the living like me. Poor Mr Cooper wondering why there is no one for those lost boys on Tarawa, when there isn't even anyone for the boys at Quantico... I’ve just watched the documentary on Hulu.com and was some impressed by Mr Cooper. Hulu has some strange comments written by viewers, hard to watch. I can understand Mr Cooper’s anger. My husband is buried at Quantico and the last time I visited his grave, I had to crawl on my hands and knees, tearing crabgrass of the flat stones to find his grave -to say it was traumatic is an understatement. I was young then in my 30’s but I couldn’t help wondering about the older widows the ones unable to root for a grave, I cried for them too. When I complained, the responses were the same, “it’s not my job” I am numb on Memorial Day watching the picnics and everyone wishing each other a “Happy Holiday” Albeit, my husband, a disabled Viet nNam vet and my uncles who died at Pearl Harbor and Okinawa, would probably smile that their sacrifice allows such frivolity; I’m sure they wouldn’t mind the lack of respect… that is for the living like me. Poor Mr Cooper wondering why there is no one for those lost boys on Tarawa, when there isn’t even anyone for the boys at Quantico…

]]> By: JohnG http://www.armchairgeneral.com/return-to-tarawa-interview-with-leon-cooper.htm/comment-page-1#comment-8195 JohnG Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:28:54 +0000 http://www.armchairgeneral.com/?p=6059#comment-8195 Murphy(AZ) You can contact Leon Cooper regarding donations via his website http://90daywonder.net/returntotarawa/id3.html ( http://www.returntotarawa.net ) Murphy(AZ) You can contact Leon Cooper regarding donations via his website http://90daywonder.net/returntotarawa/id3.html

( http://www.returntotarawa.net )

]]> By: Murphy(AZ) http://www.armchairgeneral.com/return-to-tarawa-interview-with-leon-cooper.htm/comment-page-1#comment-8011 Murphy(AZ) Sat, 25 Apr 2009 17:07:21 +0000 http://www.armchairgeneral.com/?p=6059#comment-8011 I have just finished watching Leon Cooper's story concerning his return to Tarawa and his effort to clean up the mess that has accumulated on the atol. How may I cantact him to offer a small donation to assist him in his effort, seeing that our government seems unwilling to offer any help? I have just finished watching Leon Cooper’s story concerning his return to Tarawa and his effort to clean up the mess that has accumulated on the atol. How may I cantact him to offer a small donation to assist him in his effort, seeing that our government seems unwilling to offer any help?

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