By Dammit, We're Marines! Veterans' Stories of Heroism, Horror, and Humor in World War II on the Pacific Front Quotes

“To this day, I can still recall seeing our flag with Mt. Suribachi in the background. When I hear our national anthem, I always think about the flag over the cemetery on Iwo Jima. The two things I remember most are the first five minutes on the beach with hundreds of dead Marines and visiting the cemetery where Captain Steve and the other dead from the 3rd Battalion were buried.”
― Gail Chatfield, By Dammit, We're Marines! Veterans' Stories of Heroism, Horror, and Humor in World War II on the Pacific Front

“Our A Company landed at 9:03 with 250 officers and men. By 2:00 o’clock that afternoon, we were down to 75.”
― Gail Chatfield, By Dammit, We're Marines! Veterans' Stories of Heroism, Horror, and Humor in World War II on the Pacific Front

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― Gail Chatfield, By Dammit, We're Marines! Veterans' Stories of Heroism, Horror, and Humor in World War II on the Pacific Front

“ahead of us and they got hit by a banzai the night before. Some”
― Gail Chatfield, By Dammit, We're Marines! Veterans' Stories of Heroism, Horror, and Humor in World War II on the Pacific Front