Dr. Sid Phillips, a hero with the 1st Marine Division during World War II, is a figurehead for his generation, having become internationally known after his role in Ken Burns's documentary The War and the Tom Hanks/Steven Spielberg/Gary Goetzman miniseries The Pacific.
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Sid Phillips knew he was a long way from his home in Mobile, Alabama, when he plunged into the jungles of Guadalcanal in August 1942. A mortarman with the same company of the 1st Marine Division as Helmet for My Pillow author Robert Leckie, Sid was a seve... SEE MORE