Corpman! Mother! Jesus! A Marine remembers Iwo Jima for the last time

The Birmingham News/AL.com ^ | 11/06/2013 | Charles Dean

[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.

[Pentagon Leatherneck]

Corpman? Inexcusable.

TC

[Bodleian_Girl]

Someone else mentioned that in the comments under the article.

[Bodleian_Girl]

Those folks were so brave.

[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.

[gundog]

We’re changing the language to accomodate The One.

[gundog]

Although, I suppose the dumbasss could still pronounce the “P”.

[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.

[HenpeckedCon]

Aren't corpsman honorary Marines 2DV?

[Always A Marine]

Simper Fi

Semper. You must have caught the spelling virus from Bodleian_Girl!

[Portcall24]

I read the whole thing and that jumped off the page at me. That's such a error it makes me wonder. Was he in USMC and they just made him a medical type guy because they had a shortage. James Bradley's (Flags of Our Fathers) dad was a Navy Corpsman.

[Red_Devil 232]

I guess I did. LOL

[Harold Shea]

Have an uncle buried at the Iwo cemetary.

His brother said to leave him there he told

them after visiting it.Said it was so beautiful.

RIP Harvey Frye,21 yrs old

[2ndDivisionVet]

No, they don’t do that. All medical personnel serving the USMC are in the Navy. Corpsmen, nurses, technicians, orderlies, physicians and everyone else are Navy.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Yes, but that’s not an official designation.

[Portcall24]

You’re right. Looks like they tried to get it right, but...Here’s the obit: Harold Jarvis, November 5, 2013age 88, of Mt. Olive, AL, passed away on Nov. 5, 2013. He was retired from Eastern Airlines and was a substitute teacher. He was a member of First Baptist Mt. Olive, a member of the Marine Corps League and a Mason for over 60 years and was a member of the Metro West 927 Masonic Lodge. He was a member of the Greatest Generation, and proudly served in the United States Navy and as a Marine Corpsman during WWII.