| Lucas, Jacklyn Harrell | Private First Class | Feb. 20, 1945 | Fell on one grenade, pulled a second under him to save comrades. |
| *Lummus, Jack | First Lieutenant | March 8, 1945 | Destroyed three pillboxes single-handedly. Despite serious wounds he led his men until blown up by land mine. |
| *Martin, Harry Linn | First Lieutenant | March 26, 1945 | Rallied his men and fought off final enemy charge. |
| McCarthy, Joseph Jeremiah | Captain | Feb. 21, 1945 | Knocked out two pillboxes and inspired capture of ridge in front of Airfield Number Two. |
| *Phillips, George | Private | March 14, 1945 | Smothered grenade with his body to save his comrades. |
| Pierce, Francis Jr. | Corpsman | March 15-16, 1945 | Fought off enemy, treated injured even though wounded. |
| *Ruhl, Donald Jack | Private First Class | Feb. 19-21, 1945 | After three days of heroic fighting, smothered a demolition charge to save his companion. |
| Sigler, Franklin Earl | Private | March 14, 1945 | Despite wounds he led a fierce assault which destroyed a number of enemy positions; then he directed artillery fire and rescued wounded comrades. |
| *Stein, Tony | Corporal | Feb. 19, 1945 | Killed 20 enemy in slashing d-day assault. |
| Wahlen, George Edward | Corpsman | Feb. 26, 1945 | Wounded three times in saving injured Marines. |
| *Walsh, William Gary | Sergeant | Feb. 27, 1945 | Led two daring assaults and then smothered a grenade with his body to save comrades. |
| Watson, Wilson Douglas | Private | Feb. 26-27, 1945 | Destroyed a pillbox and then scaled a ridge and killed 60 Japanese while exposed to enemy fire. |
| Williams, Hershel Woodrow | Corporal | Feb. 23, 1945 | In a four-hour assault smashed several enemy strongpoints with a flame thrower. |
| *Williams, Jack | Corpsman | March 3, 1945 | Shot four times, died still treating Marines. |
| *Willis, John Harlan | Corpsman | Feb. 28, 1945 | Died treating Marine and fighting a grenade battle. |
About the Author
ROBERT LECKIE was born in Philadelphia, the youngest in an Irish-Catholic family of eight children. Growing up in Rutherford, New Jersey, Robert Leckie got his first writing job covering football for the Bergen
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