[Bodleian_Girl]

Great article, please read the rest here http://blog.al.com/wire/2013/11/corpman_mother_jesus_a_marine.html#incart_river_default

[2ndDivisionVet]

If he was a medical corpsman, he was in the US Navy, not the Marines.

[sergeantdave]

Good story. I knew a Marine sniper who landed on Iwo Jima with the 28th Marines. Out of the 31 snipers who landed, 30 were wounded or KIA.

[exit82]

My screen got blurry at the end.

He carried all that for all these years.

[LeonardFMason]

IF you have not been to the National Museum of the Marine Corps you are missing one of the finest museums in the world. On the day I visited(2012) we met an older gentlemen as we entered the Iwo Jima exhibit in the museum. His knowledge of the event was uncanny and he spoke with a thousand mile stare. It finally struck me that this man was a on Iwo Jima during the battle. He confirmed it when I asked him. I told him it was an honor and thrill to meet a man who knew what Chester Nimitz said of the Marines who fought at Iwo Jima:
“Uncommon VALOR was a common virtue on Iwo Jima.”

BTW, one of my prized possessions is a jar full of black sand from Landing Zone Green. My nephew, a Marine was able to visit Iwo Jima while stationed in Japan.

[Red_Devil 232]

My Father was a Marine, 25 years, he was on Saipan and a few of the other islands but not Iwo. He never talked about that war, Koera or his experiences during them. Typical for the Great Generation. He is why I became a Marine. I grew as a Marine Brat and later as a young man being a Marine. Simper Fi

[G Larry]

A powerful story if you have a moment and the courage.

[rfreedom4u]

My uncle was in the battle for Okinawa. To this day he has never spoken of it that I know of. And he despises the Japanese.