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John Bates | Multiple Units - Marines

3:46   |   Wounded three times as a PFC in Vietnam, John Bates came back to the Corps as an officer. He briefly talks about his time in Desert Storm, and remembers the chaos of the week following the attacks on 9/11.

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  • John Bates  |  Other  |  Multiple Units  |  3:57

    The Marines sent him home after he received three Purple Hearts in Vietnam. John Bates then served a few months at Camp Horno before they sent him home. He was not done with the Corps, though, and would return as an officer.

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