E-5 (Sergeant) Joseph Marcino
DOB: 25 May 1923
Hometown: Whitehall, NY
Place of Birth: Whitehall, NY
Inducted: 8 December 1942
Discharged: 6 December 1945
United States. Marine Corps
World War, 1939-1945
United States. Marine Corps. Division, 5th
United States. Marine Corps. Tank Battalion, 5th
18 November 2004
Whitehall, NY
Tanks
Marcino, Joseph, Jr.
Pacific Islands
Hilo
Pearl Harbor
Saipan
Iwo Jimo
Iwo Jima
Saipan
Occupation of Japan
Battle and Island Campaigns
Receiving Bronze Star
Underground network of Japanese tunnels.
One xerox copy of photo in uniform receiving Bronze Star.
Using a shotgun shell to start diesel engines on tanks.
Two interviews. One by the NYSMM in 2004.
Second interview by by Hudson Falls HS also in 2004. (1:20:28 long)
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