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Donald Whipple | 28th Combat Team, Headquarters and Service Battalion, 13th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division - Marines

3:36   |   New Marine Donald Whipple had practiced amphibious landings over and over in California. That was good because it helped him remain calm as he waited to go ashore at Iwo Jima, watching in amazement the unrelenting Naval bombardment of the island. (Provided by LifeCairn, Inc.)

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