Maine Stories: Roy Earle, Norway -- "Iwo Jima "
He had already taken part in three other invasions by the time Earle was on his way to Iwo Jima. Superiors told his Marine battalion that this would be an easy battle. But they encountered heavy fire as soon as they arrived and, two weeks later, the fighting was still fierce.
Maine Stories - World War Two is a production of the Maine Public Broadcasting Network made in conjunction with "The War," a Ken Burns Film.