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Frank Pomroy

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Guadalcanal was now a huge rear echelon area and Frank Pomroy's unit was gearing up for the next landing on Peleliu. There was a drawing to determine which men could be sent home but he didn't participate. He wanted to make one more landing. (First interview) (9:05)

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As he approached Peleliu, Frank Pomroy rose up a bit and looked out of the landing craft to see the entire island covered in black smoke. After going ashore under a hail of machine gun fire, the Marines began one of the toughest battles they had faced. Part 1 of 5. (First interview) (7:53)

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After his machine gun was crushed by a Japanese tank, Frank Pomroy had to scramble around to find another one on the battlefield. He located one but a raiding party stormed in and he took a bayonet to the knee when he shot one of them at close quarters. He got that bandaged up just in time to attack the high coral ridges above the air field. Part 2 of 5. (First interview) (8:29)

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During the pitched battle for the high coral ridges on Peleliu, Frank Pomroy was on an ammo run to the beach when he encountered Chesty Puller and his command group. When a shell hit nearby, the feisty commander was the only one who didn't duck. Meanwhile, the Marines had no water. It was all contaminated. All they could do was keep fighting. Part 3 of 5. (First interview) (7:47)

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After surviving artillery fire from US ships that had mistaken his group for Japanese, Frank Pomroy fell in with a Lieutenant who was organizing a patrol through a swamp. They were not very far along when they became completely pinned down by Japanese artillery and sniper fire. Part 4 of 5. (First interview) (7:41)

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He was making a lone stand on Peleliu. He had a bayonet wound, had taken three bullets and was starving and dehydrated. Frank Pomroy had seen dozens fall around him and he was all alone with plenty of ammo but no food or water. After shooting two Japanese who stumbled on his position, he was too weak to crawl over and look for a canteen. Part 5 of 5. (First interview) (8:20)

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Frank Pomroy had left a man for dead on the Guadalcanal battlefield. Everyone agreed that he was dead and they pressed on. But he wasn't and, after almost being buried alive because he could not speak, the two encountered each other in the rear area. This was only the beginning of his sad story. (First interview) (8:29)

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After the Pearl Harbor attack, seventeen year old Frank Pomroy tried to enlist in the Marines but was told he was too young. Undaunted, he and another eager teen concocted a scheme to get in. (First interview) (6:26)

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Boot camp was compressed early in the war to get Marines ready for fighting. Frank Pomroy recalls how the drill sergeant was tough as nails but bought them beer after the graduation.Then he was off to Camp Lejeune, which was being built as the men trained. A long train ride to California gave many of the young Marines their first sight of the West. (First interview) (5:35)

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After a stop in New Zealand where the men made their own liberty, the Marines of the 1st Regiment went to the island of Guadalcanal. It had been chosen for the initial confrontation with the Japanese. Frank Pomroy was ordered to stay on the transport to help unload but an enemy torpedo bomber crashed into it and the crew abandoned ship. Part 1 of 2. (First interview) (10:10)