Sterling_Mace

I was sorta wondering if his mother named him after his father.

Sgt. Ludwig,

As a combat veteran of WWII, I fought on this little island called Peleliu for 30 days in 1944. I was in the 3rd fire team, 3rd squad, 3rd platoon, K/3/5, 1st Marine Divison. I carried the BAR, so in a sense I was a machine gunner, as well.

See, the press really downplayed that battle, as well, since what we were doing in the Pacific was unpopular after a fiasco like Tarawa. The press didn't want to report another fuck up by the brass...and Peleliu was just that!

That's 1794 killed and 8010 missing and wounded and it barely touches the press?

The point is, chin up and keep your book going and people will realize. You'll be able to honor those who served and those who fell. Hell, I wrote my book and I'm 88 years old! Your story will be told. Don't worry.

Sterling G Mace, USMC 1942-1945, Peleliu, Ngesebus and Okinawa.

Battle is no place for a woman. Sure, I'm all for women doing it of they want to, but you've got to keep the most intelligent of our species alive...so I would rather have the women in a position of leadership. (unless they want all the men dead, that is) haha.

Thank you for the thought, but those medals, I don't need them. There had even been people who have said over the years that I should have gotten something for saving about 6 marines on Okinawa, maybe the Silver Star or something. But that was a long time ago. I made it out with my ass intact...and that's good enough.

, Sterling G Mace

I knew I should have joined the friggin navy! Too bad I failed their eye exam. I guess that was from all my pre-war practice at being a naval officer. You'll go blind, doing that you know!

, Sterling G Mace