Me on Iwo Jima, with mt seribachi, where the marines raised the flag, in background, Rosenthal's famous picture
Also...........tides.........i lived in Rehoboth Beach, DE for much of my life.........went to the beach everyday...........................the ocean would invade the beach, at high tide, like 20 feet..............in most cases.........max 30 feet........if even that..............and that is the Atlantic ocean.........the Potomac river is not going to overflow that much at high tide........much less go into an inlet........at like a 90 degree turn...................north.......fill the tidal basin........then magically run south via the Wash channel.......go into the Anacostia........and head towards the Chesapeake...... 5. Inlet Bridge Following the disastrous 1881 flood that covered parts of the Mall, the U.S. Corps of Engineers began to dredge the Potomac River in order to improve navigability and reclaim land. The silt and mud placed behind retaining walls created 723.4 acres of new land upon which many of our memorials now stand, including Thomas Jefferson, Lincoln, and W...
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