Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they've made a difference.
The Marines don't have that problem. The case had been brought before the Alexandria Division of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. A motion for summary judgement is a request filed in a suit which requests that the court rule on and dispose of a case prior to its being brought to trial. The rationale is that the facts are not in dispute between the opposing parties and sufficiently clear to warrant an immediate judgement in favor of the party making the motion. Friends of Iwo Jima claims that four indisputable points exist which should result in a decision in their favor.