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Show Lewiston Marine Aids Companion I wo Jima (delayed) The quick thinking of a Utah Marine saved the life of his commanding officer of-ficer during a recent Jap mortar barrage on this island. Pfc. Landell B. Porter, of Lewiston, Lew-iston, and First Lieutenant Charles F. Horvath of North Newington, Conn., were caught in the barrage, bar-rage, off "Purple Heart Ridge." "We heard a mortar shell coming com-ing and ducked," said Pfc. Porter, Por-ter, 19-year-old son of Mrs. Ann Porter. "It exploded several yards away. When I looked up, blood was spurting from Lieutenant Lieuten-ant Horvath's arm where a shell fragment had severed an artery. "I knew the blood had to be stopped right away. I yanked off my belt and tightened it around his upper arm, stopping the flow. We both crawled into a hole nearby and a corpsman came up to bandage the wound. "He had lost quite a bat of blood," the Marine continued, "but he wouldn't let anyone help him, and refused to be put on a stretcher. Only after explaining what he wanted done and making me repeat it word for word did he agree to go back to the aid station. They later evacuated him from there for further treatment." treat-ment." ! Porter landed on D-Day with the Fifth Marine Division. |