George Beyerbach, one of the four Marines I featured in my book We Were There, passed away peacefully at his home on September 4 at age 91. He lived a charmed life after surviving innumerable brushes with death on Iwo Jima over 71 years ago. Two other vets from my book have passed in the last 6 months- Al Kleeman and Jack Higgins, leaving only five of the 18 people in We Were There are still among the living. He exemplified what Ronald Reagan once said: "Some people spend an entire life wondering if they made a difference in the world. The Marines don't have that problem." He was a great guy, and he will not be forgotten!!
