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    WHITE CROSSES AND STARS OF DAVID At 0730...

    WHITE CROSSES AND STARS OF DAVID

    At 0730 Monday, March 26, 1945, 395 battle-weary Marines from the First Battalion of the 28th Marines, left Kitano Point for the Fifth Marine Division Cemetery...
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    Lisa, I just now came across your post. I am...

    Lisa,

    I just now came across your post. I am sorry to hear about the loss of Clark. He must have been a wonderful man. In the late 1990s I was in contact with him several times, but then lost...
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    Thanks Tom, I went back to PI for the first...

    Thanks Tom,

    I went back to PI for the first time just a few months ago. I believe it has changed just about as much as I have. I have always wanted to visit Oyster Bay. I guess it is just...
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    I wish I could say my reasons for joining the...

    I wish I could say my reasons for joining the Marine Corps were as noble as those related above. The day I went through being drafted in 1944, no one was being accepted for the Air Force, which I...
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    Just what is it with us? I notice you served...

    Just what is it with us? I notice you served only one hitch, and that was 18 years ago. I only served two years, and that was 64 years ago. We both seem to feel attached as if we had never left...
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    Battalion & Hq personnel

    Thank you for the compliment, but let me say, without reservation, today's Marines could and would have accomplished the same end result as we did.

    As for there not being a rear area, that is...
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    I can certainly things from Plt Sgt Scarbrough's...

    I can certainly things from Plt Sgt Scarbrough's view point. He took over the Third Platoon on D Day after Lt. Tucker was mortally wounded. He was a former raider and had served in the Solomons. ...
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    Tom, Our MG Section was attached to the third...

    Tom, Our MG Section was attached to the third platoon and Plt Sgt Harry Scarborough was in charge until 2d Lt. Clark King took over on Feb. 27. I know their relationship was somewhat strained, but...
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    While there is much to be said for this young...

    While there is much to be said for this young man's feelings, it is the feeling of such young 2nd Lts. that cost the Marines many lives on Iwo Jima. Yes, the minute he takes over a platoon, he is...
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