Norman Lee Brown |
Norman L. Brown [1943] | World War II, 1939-1946
Marine Corps
V Amphibious Corps; 10th Battery G, 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Division
Tarawa Atoll (Gilbert Islands); Guam (Mariana Islands); Saipan (Northern Mariana Islands); Iwo Jima
Private First Class
Howey in the Hills, FL
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Marine Private Norman Brown was in on most of the major island invasions during the
battle of control of the Pacific Theater in World War II. In his recollection, the landing on
Tarawa was the toughest, the fighting after he landed on Iwo Jima was the worst, but
Saipan might have been the most intense experience of all, especially since his buddy
Elmer was killed there. Brown admits in his oral history interview that Saipan gave him
nightmares for years afterwards.
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