Iwo Jima
Chuck Lindberg, now a flamethrower operator, and his fellow Marines of 3rd Platoon, Easy Company, 28th Regiment landed with the fifth wave on the beaches of Iwo Jima. Lindberg earned the Silver Star two days later when he participated in a major assault against enemy fortifications and blockhouses at the base of Mount Suribachi.
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