Take care of the others.

[**The following is in regards to the Battle of Iwo Jima in the Pacific Theatre of World War II.**] >Among the heroes were the men sent to give solace. Corpsman Emery yelled “Keep down!” to a fellow medic sitting upright in the sand. Crawling closer, he saw that the man was struggling to tie a tourniquet around the stump of his leg. “Take care of the others, I’ll be OK,” the injured medic called out. When Emery crawled back past the corpsman several minutes later, he was dead. ________________________ **Source:** Bradley, James, and Ron Powers. “D-Day.” *Flags of Our Fathers*. Bantam Dell, a Division of Random House, Inc., 2006. 161. Print. ________________________ **Further Reading:** [Battle of Iwo Jima / Operation Detachment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Iwo_Jima) ___________________________ **If you enjoy this type of content, please consider donating to my [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/HistoryLockeBox)!**