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This photo taken in May 1945, in Okinawa, Japan, shows Pvt John L. Drugan and "Pal", his faithful war dog. Recognized for his heroic actions, Pal saved an entire platoon of Marines from an ambush when he discovered a well-hidden Japanese machine-gun nest. John and Pal both survived the war.






“The Thousand Yard Stare”—USMC Private Theodore J. Miller is helped aboard a ship after intense combat on Eniwetok Atoll. Miller was killed a month later, 1944.