This fifty-three-year-old enlisted Marine helps Sledge and other members of Company K carry supplies across the beach on Peleliu. The young Marines watch him in disbelief, unable to understand why an old man would submit himself to the horror of war. A professor at the University of Chicago and future Senator of Illinois, Paul Douglas becomes a legend in the 1st Marine Division.
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Part 1, Chapter 4: Assault into Hell
...help, and the men are fascinated to notice that the man, who presents himself as Paul Douglas , is over fifty years old. When asked why he joined the war, Douglas simply...
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