Beyond the Call: Pharmacist’s Mate Second Class William D. Halyburton Jr. at Okinawa Shima, 1945
Dispatch: U.S. Military History Magazine
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Beyond the Call: Pharmacist’s Mate Second Class William David Halyburton Jr. at Awacha Draw, Okinawa, 1945 follows a young Navy corpsman attached to a Marine rifle company in one of the fiercest battles of the Pacific War, tracing his path from North Carolina to the fire-swept ravine where he gave his life shielding a wounded Marine. Listeners hear the story of the Okinawa campaign, the deadly terrain of Awacha Draw, the desperate fight under mortar and machine-gun fire, and the quiet leadership expressed in a single act of selfless courage. Beyond the Call is the Monday feature of Dispatch: U.S. Military History Magazine, developed by Trackpads.comcom.