James M. Martin, Jr., 2007  Branch of Service: United States Marine Corps Highest Rank: Private 1st Class Military Service: Enlisted, June 30th, 1944 - June 4th, 1946 Audio interview      James Martin Jr WWII History A Letter from a Friend Listen to the following interview sections by scrolling forward to the time cue. :09 Drafted into the military at 19 :21 Going into the military 7:13 Red Beach II 14:50 Iwo Jima 16:14 Wounds 20:22 Hiroshima Bomb 20:08 Japanese surrendered

James M. Martin, Jr., 2007 (Interviewed by Johanna Sailor, SDPB Radio)


James M. Martin, Jr., WWII


Floyd Stone, Staff Sergeant and James M. Martin, Jr., Private 1st Class on leave July, 1945



 Machine gunners on B1-27, B Company, 1st Battalion, 27th Marines,
5th Marine Division (Left to right; Albert Lotz, James M. Martin, Jr., Joe Perry)

James M. Martin, Jr. at his son's, James M. Martin, military retirement service in 2005