Max Albin

A farm boy from Camargo, IL, Max Albin was one of 4 boys from his family who enlisted, but was the only one to see extensive action. He did the majority of his training in Hawaii, as a member of the 11th Amphibian Tractor Batallion. After training in Hawaii, Albin fought in Iwo Jima, delivering supplies to soldiers in his AmTrac. He was witness to the first, less famous, raising of the American flag. After the battle of Iwo Jima, he was part of the American occupation of Nagasaki where, he recalled, the occupied Japanese took food wherever they could find it, including eating from the American forces garbage truck.




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