James Martin
James M. Martin, Jr., 2007
- Branch of Service: United States Marine Corps
- Highest Rank: Private 1st Class
- Military Service: Enlisted, June 30th, 1944 - June 4th, 1946
Listen to the following sections by scrolling forward to the timecode.
:09 -Drafted into the military at 19
:21 - Going into the military
7:13 - Red Beach II
14:50 - Iwo Jima
16:14 - Wounds
20:22 - Hiroshima Bomb
20:38 - Japanese surrendered
The interview was recorded at an SDPB event in Sioux Falls, SD.
Images Provided by James M. Martin, Jr.
James M. Martin, Jr., WWII
Floyd Stone, Staff Sergeant, and James M. Martin, Jr., Private 1st Class on leave July 1945
Machine gunners on B1-27, B Company, 1st Battalion, 27th Marines, 5th Marine Division (Left to right; Albert Lotz, James M. Martin, Jr., Joe Perry)
James M. Martin, Jr. at his son's, James M. Martin, military retirement service in 2005
James Martin Jr. WWII History (Click to Read)
A Letter from a Friend (Click to Read)
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