Episode 5 - Don Graves (USMC, WWII Veteran)

Don Graves is a Marine Corps Veteran who fought in WWII and served in one of our bloodiest Pacific campaign battles, Iwo Jima.  He was a member of the 5th Marine Division when he hit those black sand beaches at 19 years old, as a flamethrower.  The education he was about to receive was one of a baptism into the inferno of combat, in a place where almost 7,000 Marines were killed and 20,000 wounded in six weeks of hellish battle.  335 men in Don's outfit hit the beach that day and only 18 made it out alive.  Corporal Graves survived the battle but his greatest saving grace came after the war, with a statement of faith that changed his life forever.  He's a nationally renowned speaker, minister, a singer/entertainer, and the last remaining of those 335 Marines in his outfit.  

Check out oscarmike.org/pages/foundation to learn more about Oscar Mike Foundation and what they're doing for wounded and disabled veterans across the country.