The only thing I remember is he would list 5 island invasions.. as I get older I forget the sequence he used but it was something like , Bougainville, Tarawa, Guam, Tinian (he held the Green Acres actor Eddie Albert in very high regard because of Tarawa.. piloted his ship so close to shore and took a lot of fire that would have killed many more marines). I forge the 5th.. might have been Saipan but I remember some story like Saipan was a "break" for his unit.. mop-up duty rather than another beach landing. In any case, he almost died on Saipan and would have died had he been well enough to make the transport all his stuff was put on (it got sunk). He carried around metal plates in his leg and head courtesy of a leftover combatant (he would have said "Jap") who threw a grenade at his truck (while transporting a load of airplane tires from beach to airfield) sending him and truck down a cliff. 5 beach landings and he almost gets it during mop-up duty. War really is hell.