Dorothy Duval Nelson, left, and her son Lee Nelson look at the neatly arranged military-issued items in the trunk Claude Duval carried with him during World War II. Claude Duval was Dorothy Nelson's ...

Editor’s note: Feb. 19, 2025, marks the 80th anniversary of the start of the Battle of Iwo Jima. In February 2020, Military Times interviewed Marine Corps veteran and Iwo Jima survivor Don Harris.

Claude Duval's head was pounding, his joints were aching, and exhaustion had set in. He was suffering from a mix of mosquito-induced dengue fever, effects from the medical treatment for it and a fresh ...