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John Bates | 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment - Marines

7:09   |   John Bates was recuperating from a wound in Da Nang and he was tired of the place. He managed to scrounge some boots and some pants but he couldn't come up with a shirt. Undaunted, he set out to rejoin his unit.

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    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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