Walter Marshall
WWII | G Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division
The men headed to Saipan were already on edge, especially the Marines who had participated in the previous invasion of Tarawa. Then, as they waited on board ship in the dark, someone dropped a grenade. Having survived that, they next faced a very difficult task, going over the side and down a rope net to board bobbing and heaving Higgins boats. (4:45)