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Herman Buffington | K Company, 3rd Battalion, 383rd Regiment, 96th Infantry Division - Army

9:20   |   Herman Buffington pays tribute to one of his Sergeants on Okinawa, William B. "Willie B" Holeman, who was known for not sending his men anywhere he wouldn't go. Willie B was trapped on a small hill and surrounded by the enemy when Buffington took a group of volunteers to get him and his men out of there.

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