veteran – NBC10 Philadelphia
Marvin Strombo was behind Japanese enemy lines on a Pacific island during World War II when he realized the other five men in his squadron had moved on without him. The young U.S. Marine, part of an elite scout-sniper platoon fighting a 1944 battle on Saipan, nervously scanned the terrain. He spotted a body on the ground, a dead Japanese... Military Jul 14, 2017 Ninety-four-year-old 2nd Lt. John Pedevillano is finally receiving a Purple Heart seven decades after his service. The World War II veteran was a bombardier in a B-17 that was shot down over Nazi Germany in April 1944...
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