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COMBAT STORIES FROM World War II

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

5:55   |   After twenty eight grueling days on Iwo Jima, Marine George Cattelona boarded a ship and got some much needed hot food and a shower. He marvels at the sheer number of men who fought on the tiny island and recalls the desperate bomber crews who landed in the middle of battle. His unit was sent to regroup on Hawaii after suffering a forty per cent casualty rate and it was there they got the exciting news.

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