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Camp Schwab: Pfc. Albert E. Schwab was a flame-thrower operator with Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment. On May 7, 1945, while pinned down in a valley by machine-gun fire, he scaled a cliff and brazenly attacked the enemy’s gun with his flame thrower. As a result, his company was able to occupy the ridge. Suddenly, a second machine gun opened fire. Although he had not had time to replenish his supply of fuel, Pfc. Schwab advanced and succeeded in eliminating the gun before its final burst caught him in the left hip, inflicting fatal wounds.
| Date Taken: | 07.08.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 07.07.2011 20:02 |
| Photo ID: | 425043 |
| VIRIN: | 110625-M-XX000-001 |
| Resolution: | 180x229 |
| Size: | 37.51 KB |
| Location: | OKINAWA, JP |
| Web Views: | 131 |
| Downloads: | 3 |
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What’s in a name? Okinawa bases named for fallen heroes
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