Aurelio ‘Greek’ Sanchez, Marine who survived Iwo Jima, dead at 90

When Corp. Aurelio Sanchez hit the beach on the first day of the Battle of Iwo Jima, all he saw was sand and dead Marines. A sergeant shouted at him, words that saved his life: “Get under them bodies!’’ Using dead comrades as shields, he covered himself. Of 70,000 Marines involved in the five-week World […]