Joseph BackfieldBackfieldJosephNYWorld War, 1939-1945; Vietnam War, 1961-1975Marine Corps; ArmyCompany B, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine DivisionGuadalcanal (Solomon Islands); Bougainville Island (Solomon Islands); Guam (Mariana Islands); Iwo Jima; New Caledonia; Germany; also: VietnamNoVeteranVeterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congresshttps://memory.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.31488/DLC-AFC2022-04-26loc.natlib.afc2001001.31488