5th marines iwo jima

while my great uncle is still alive it would be nice to make a connection to his service on iwojima .my cousin and i moved him here to okie land from houston because his eyesight is poor. he used to go by jenks powers but his name is a.y. (arwine yates) he pulled a man named john jerry from ardmore okla.out of a burning tank when it hit a mine . they were trying to take the "central?" airfield.
their 1st sergeant sparks was a ww1 vet loved by the co. slept the first night between tank and dozer blade but got hit by direct mortar fire , he also mentioned maj. burns capt. corrigan and lt col collins , for any possible links there. his preferred weapons were .45 pistol and lots of grenades. said he silenced a few pockets of enemies that way. he went in to nagasaki as escort for the" white coat scientists" shortly after the bomb. then spent 9 mos in occupied japan disarming the coastal defences. he was in the 5th marines.
hoping for a link , thanks .
he was attached to the 5th tank batallion and it was john curry from louisianna he pulled from a tank that blew up from what a.y. said must have been unexploded ordnance because it was somuch bigger concussion than a mine .

 

as of yet no. but we're working on more info. like when he's ready to talk about it.
service #894745 ,also there's a cpl wheeler who's on (honor service valor) forum who is 5th marines but it looks closed , why? there was one other story of how they camouflaged themselves among the dead . he cries to talk though sometimes and of course i don't push.

 

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