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Show 'One kdomeirtfe of Greatness . . gssf HKi " " - . 4 't ! i4 mXxjSii Smt iSifeS py. . ! ' (1) In the invasion of Saipan, a certain Marine platoon w-s rivi-n the job of cleaning out a Jap pocket which was impedinrr the rt vance up the western coast. Shy, quiet Norman Arsenault an 1" year-old private from Lawrence, Mass., was a member of this nl" toon. (2) The Japs were imbedded in a deep crevice in the face of a seven-foot cliff. Lyingr in a prone position, they opened P on j.,, r-"-V' y , KP!SSK:!.--;-vV-:"iwi.- (4) Twenty feet out in the tidewater Amn .4 a began pumping bullets into te cr?vi"' Fini d CrCct and his fire and hundreds cf cmy TuUets went JT -Y ret""d rippling in the surf about him. (5 ) WhUe Af'V0Ward him' this daring one-man mneuver h s buS ' arried out th? boulder. One by one they , scrambled from behind ., ivhile the Jans corcmlrated thPirTP t0 Safely at Cut of aion, Arsenault ) the platoon with a murderous maohlne-grun nd rifle fir. nault and his companions were pinned down behind the boulders that separated the cliff from the se. BelWngth 5 less position, Arsenault quietly left the outfit nd, twfw, r carbine, started to move back to the water. The lad 1 the act that will forever keep, him in the memory of Wi K ; V -i!ASri i-WM . ris Mannes still behind the boulders. He borrowed WW " 0d ") With all the men safely evacuated. Arsenault """ in e. Ordered to come back, he emptied one more clip- . " f or Uie beach, Jap l,Uets killed him. Next day. after I l. -d 1-cen c!ar.cd out. Marines found some i0 victims oM"' he os i-arb.ne sprawled in the erevlee. The lad .f " IV gotten to know proved himself a lighting Marine beyoi'" |