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George Cattelona | L Battery, 4th Battalion, 13th Regiment, 5th Division - Marines

4:44   |   Over 800 ships with 3 divisions of Marines were gathered off the coast of Iwo Jima. They were told that the bombardment had devastated the enemy on the island. George Cattelona found out how wrong that was when he went ashore two hours into the attack. His Forward Observer team was on the way to the front when an incoming shell knocked out most of them. The three who remained pressed on.

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