Every veteran in the outfit knew that Hillbilly had enlisted in the Corps as a private in 1936...his bravery under fire at Guadalcanal, where he singlehandedly wiped out a Japanese machine gun nest, had earned him a bronze star and a set of lieutenant's bars.
Now he was in charge of the company's machine gun section, but he still had the soul of a wandering minstrel.
still had the soul of a wandering minstrel.
still had the soul of a wandering minstrel.
♥ HILLBILLY BB YOU'RE THE WANDERING MINSTREL OF MY HEART ♥
(text from Brotherhood of Heroes: The Marines at Peleliu, 1944 by Bill Sloan)