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COMBAT STORIES FROM World War II

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

3:39   |   He knew that being a replacement was a difficult thing, so Donald Whipple took the new guy who joined the unit at the last minute under his wing. Then, in a foxhole on Iwo Jima, the kid raised his head up a little too high. (Provided by LifeCairn, Inc.)

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