David Greene of Waterloo, shown here in 2012, waves the American flag standing on top of Mount Suribachi in the island of Iwo Jima, where he fought as a U.S Marine on the beach below in 1945. (Photo courtesy of Paul Greene)
WATERLOO — David Greene almost didn’t live to see his 20th birthday, let alone his 101st.
He died April 17. It could have happened 81 years earlier.
A artillery shell…
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