Delbert C. Treichler (96) was a forward observer for the Fifth Marine Division. ‘It changed me completely. I knew who I wanted to be, but I wasn’t that person anymore.’
Treichler at his home in Wisconsin in 2020, holding his field cup from Iwo Jima.
George Vouros (94) at the Fifth Marine Division Reunion reunion in New Orleans 2019. Vouros was a US Navy gunner on the destroyer USS Izard during the battle of Iwo Jima. Mr Vouros passed away in 2020.
Ralph C. Simoneau (95) was a Marine for the second batallion of the 27th division during the battle of Iwo Jima.
Simoneau (95) at his home in Wisconsin in 2020.’During training they never actually told us we would have to kill any Japanese. There is no glamour, no glory in killing another human being.’