re: Battle of Peleliu

My grandfather didn’t fight at Peleliu, but was in the 5th Marine division and the Marine parachute battalion. He fought at Guadalcanal, Choiseul, and finally Iwo Jima where he lost a leg to a mortar shell and was shot several times. He was carried off the field over the shoulder of a platoon mate like something from an action movie.

The battle for Choiseul is a great story of a diversion to draw Japanese troops from Bougainville. There is a great book about it called Mission Raise Hell and my grandfather is in it.

I miss that tough bastard!