My father was with the 1st Marine Division in the Pacific and fought on Cape Gloucester, Peleliu, and Okinawa. He earn 2 bronze stars for heroic acts. He never talked about his experiences until the last few years. Ocassionally he will remember something now and will relate some details. I have an uncle who was also a marine but was wounded on Peleliu and another uncle who was a waist gunner on a B-17 that was shot down and the French underground helped him back to England. All these guys are heroes as far as I am concerned......