HM2 John Bradley, one of the Iwo Jima flag raisers, was awarded the Navy Cross for going out under fire to treat and bring back a wounded Marine. I'm sure you all know that all Marine Medical Corpsmen are Navy men. They wear Marine Uniforms if they choose, with Navy insignia.

At Okinawa, a conscientous objector medic named Doss was awarded the CMOH when he lowered dozens of wounded soldiers down a cliff while exposing himself to enemy fire repeatedly.

Litter bearers in the WBTS were just as brave and saved many lives under the primitive medical conditions then in effect. Stan