Ghosts of Iwo Jima

FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MD, UNITED STATES

02.03.2015

Video by Seaman Dominique Pineiro 

All Hands Magazine

Deafening silence. Snow lightly dusts the branches of the Christmas trees on this cold, gray Galloway, New Jersey morning. The rows are neatly lined - this is a farm, after all. Its principle crop is Christmas trees. However, its true purpose seems to be the sale of home and family, of comfort, of peace and safety ... of silence. A sharp, shrill metallic buzz slices the early morning tranquility. It sounds like a chainsaw at first, but soon reveals itself as a four-wheeled, all-terrain vehicle. Wally Kaenzig sits at the helm, gleefully carving a path through the fresh-fallen snow. He laughs - zipping around with the wild abandon of youth. Wally is 94 years old. If anyone has earned the right to laugh, it's Wally. He spent 26 days in hell. Wally is a survivor of Iwo Jima. Also available in high definition.

• Date Taken: 02.03.2015
• Date Posted: 02.23.2015 08:48
• Category: Package
• Video ID: 392100
• VIRIN: 150220-N-PB383-001
• Filename: DOD_102252357
• Length: 00:03:33
• Location: FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MD, US
• Hometown: ATLANTIC CITY, NJ, US
• Hometown: EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, NJ, US
• Hometown: GALLOWAY, NJ, US