Tales from a 19 year old WWII Navy Corpsman, Iwo Jima, 5th Marine Div., what his eyes saw, Doc Emery

Please consider donating to help us bring more stories to this channel. Thank you!! LEST THEY BE FORGOTTEN www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=T7DS28NRV6… VOICES OF HISTORY FILM AND VIDEO CATALOG ON YOUTUBE: youtube.com/c/VoicesofHistory/videos Larry Cappetto WEBSITE: larrycappetto.com/

Kids should be idolizing these men instead of useless athletes & actors. Unbelievable. Thank god so many of these men were able to get some of their story recorded on video. Imagine how heartbreaking the stories are that he won’t talk about. A real man. Thanks for posting!

My old man who just passed at the age of 102 was a coxwain who delivered 5th Marines to the beach in first wave. My daughter and I took him back on a military tour in 2018. It was a tough trip for a 98 year old, but the trip of a lifetime for us. His ship was AP195 USS LENAWEE (Leaping Lena). He was laid to rest in his American Legion dress shirt and his Iwo Jima survivor cap laying on his chest. He was our hero. 🇺🇲

In my opinion, each and every Corpsman define what selfless service truly is.

That was riveting. That man must have saved countless lives under horrendous circumstances, he is a bona fide hero .

All of the things I do everyday is because of this man,other men,and my dad. God bless America

My Father was a WW2 Marine corpsman . Saw combat on Okinawa and Guam . He was one tough old man , as that whole Generation was . God bless them all .

My dad, who was a Korean War Veteran, told me that his older brother, my Uncle Joe, was a Navy Corpsman assigned to the Marines and was in the first wave to hit Guadalcanal. My dad said when Joe came home after the war he would wake up screaming at night. He only told my dad a couple of stories which my dad passed on to me. Uncle Joe was a great man. I remember going to visit often and he would always have a big cigar in his mouth. I always loved the smell of cigars after those times.

I wish my dad was as open about talking about his time as a SSgt. in the South Pacific during WWll. It wasn’t until his final two days before his passing while under heavy morphine that his story came out. We listened as he called his men’s names to be careful, or check this hut or building. Take cover and so many other commands. Hearing his anguish as he finds out about his best buddy’s death by machine gun. On and on he went for the better part of two days as his family all around listened without speaking. It was a real honor and one of the highlights of my life to be able to be there with my wife and kids (all grown) at the time of his passing. May God bless all our service men and women, past, present and future.

I am a71 year old man who’s tears were flowing during the whole time that I watched this interview. May God bless Doc Emery and all those who have served our country.

Never forget the real life heros like this man.

Growing up I had 5 uncles. All 5 served in combat in WWII. Two fought against the Nazi’s and Three in the Pacific. All came home to lead good lives and raise families. The three that served in the pacific could never talk about it. If it came up in conversation they would become pensive and quiet. The other two had only humorous ones about buddies, but never about combat . A couple had been physically wounded, but all came home with wounds much deeper. They’ve all passed away now, but I miss them dearly. I thank them and all those, like this corpsman, that fought for freedom against evilness. We must always remember the cost they paid for us. 🇺🇸

This is a brave, mentally tough man. God Bless him, the Navy and Marine Corps.

I was a Marine in Vietnam, our corpsmen were very special people. Sometimes I think they don't get near the acknowledgement they deserve for attention to duty & courage under any & all conditions. Our "docs" never failed to show up & perform, no matter the situation, many times under heavy fire. Semper Fi to all the Navy Corpsmen. Salute!

I asked a local man how he became a funeral home owner and he said "I was a Corpsman in WW2, I saw it all". Thanks Norm Zachow RIP.

Corporal Bruce Gordon Williams from the 5th Marine Division. He made it home he was wounded by shrapnel That was my dad I'm so proud of you and I had no idea how much you had to go through until I became a grown woman and you were already gone. How would anyone be really understand, unless you'd been there. I'm proud of you all thank you❤

This man is also mentally brave to be able to speak even now about the horrors he had to go through! Bless them all 😇😳

I'm not even sure what to say. I can't figure out if my tears are because of the pain these men went through, my utmost admiration for their courage, bravery or sacrifice, or my disgust at the trivial things that have caused me to be angry, worry or cause me pain. This has changed my perspective. God bless you and your story Doc Emery.

Can you imagine being 19 years old and working as a Navy Corpsman on Iwo Jima in 1945? I miss you dearly Doc Emery 🙏

God, I miss that generation. I am 74 years old and all of the men in my neighborhood were Depression raised young men who returned from the war and then lived quiet ordinary lives and raised families, the friends I grew up with. So many of them with similar visions in their eyes and memories as Doc Emery. My father in law landed at Utah beach with the First Army and came home with what we now now as PTSD. He somehow pushed on and started a family. When he told me some of the things he saw , remembering the heat from the tracer bullets going past his head by inches , he seemed to go 'someplace else' Perhaps, knowing having a family... and my wife, was just a matter of inches. All these men did was save the world, come home quietly like Doc Emery and now pass into history. Thank you Doc and Larry Cappetto for bringing his story to us.