1 00:00:00,865 --> 00:00:02,714 (soulful piano music) 2 00:00:03,506 --> 00:00:06,543 - Wasn't no sense of...Wasn't no racial issue. 3 00:00:06,543 --> 00:00:10,105 You had two Marine Corps's (laughs) at that time. 4 00:00:11,312 --> 00:00:13,519 You had the Marine Corps that was for 5 00:00:13,519 --> 00:00:16,017 the African American Marines, 6 00:00:16,017 --> 00:00:20,319 and you had the regular Marine Corps for the regular Marines. 7 00:00:20,319 --> 00:00:22,726 We were outsiders 8 00:00:22,726 --> 00:00:25,808 and we was trying to break the color barrier, 9 00:00:25,808 --> 00:00:28,188 get into the fight 10 00:00:28,188 --> 00:00:31,504 with what we felt was the best fighting force 11 00:00:31,504 --> 00:00:33,438 that the United States had. 12 00:00:33,438 --> 00:00:36,738 And we wanted to prove ourself that we was good enough 13 00:00:36,738 --> 00:00:38,143 to be one of them. 14 00:00:38,143 --> 00:00:40,293 And that which we did. 15 00:00:41,204 --> 00:00:43,327 (soulful piano music) 16 00:00:49,276 --> 00:00:51,137 - [Jubel Patterson] We came on the island, we had to go about 17 00:00:51,137 --> 00:00:55,340 half a mile down the beach to the field evacuation hospital. 18 00:00:55,340 --> 00:00:57,375 And you wouldn't believe, like...It was so many 19 00:00:57,375 --> 00:00:59,111 dead bodies everywhere, you wouldn't believe it. 20 00:00:59,804 --> 00:01:02,157 And we were all young 21 00:01:02,157 --> 00:01:04,502 and we had our mouth and eyes open. 22 00:01:06,110 --> 00:01:08,628 We was scared, unbelievable fear, you wouldn't believe it. 23 00:01:09,434 --> 00:01:11,712 So all that stuff about heroes... 24 00:01:12,694 --> 00:01:14,925 Most those guys were scared to death the first time out. 25 00:01:17,124 --> 00:01:20,122 (soulful piano music) 26 00:01:34,308 --> 00:01:36,707 - [John Canley] Always faithful...To me, you know, 27 00:01:36,707 --> 00:01:39,126 as a Marine, 28 00:01:41,896 --> 00:01:43,028 like, 29 00:01:44,804 --> 00:01:46,608 you would do for your blood brother. 30 00:01:48,032 --> 00:01:51,741 That's, I mean, that's the only way I could explain it. 31 00:01:51,741 --> 00:01:53,475 Because 32 00:01:53,475 --> 00:01:56,974 I just love training Marines 33 00:01:58,046 --> 00:02:00,317 and leading Marines in combat. 34 00:02:01,819 --> 00:02:04,279 I love training Marines I think because 35 00:02:06,558 --> 00:02:08,965 I love being trained myself 36 00:02:08,965 --> 00:02:11,498 to be a Marine. 37 00:02:13,258 --> 00:02:15,962 And I knew that if I trained them, 38 00:02:17,603 --> 00:02:19,475 they would be the best Marine. 39 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:22,788 (soulful piano music) 40 00:02:23,649 --> 00:02:24,944 - There was no black, no white. 41 00:02:25,317 --> 00:02:28,510 We're a United States Marine. 42 00:02:28,510 --> 00:02:30,729 You weren't by yourself, 43 00:02:30,729 --> 00:02:32,764 you had the whole United States 44 00:02:32,764 --> 00:02:34,926 behind you as a Marine. 45 00:02:35,944 --> 00:02:37,831 (soulful piano music)