Iwo Jima vet: "I prayed hard, I dug deep and I ran fast.”

“I was on Iwo Jima for 45 days. I didn’t get injured or anything and I owe it to three things: I prayed hard, I dug deep and I ran fast.”

William "Bill" Schott, a Marine veteran and survivor from the battle of Iwo Jima, poses for a photo at the Iwo Jima Battle Survivors and Family Association 70th anniversary reunion Wichita Falls, Texas, February 14, 2015. Schott served in the Marine Corps from 1943 to 1947.   

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