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After Marines poured from landers and onto the beaches at Iwo Jima, Pvt. Chuck Tatum and his unit pushed ahead to Motoyama Airfield, where a mortar round killed Gunnery Sgt. John Basilone as he returned to Tatum's position with reinforcements. Tatum later wrote about his experiences on Iwo Jima. His memoir, "Red Blood, Black Sand," was used as a reference for the HBO miniseries "The Pacific,"Actually, "Fighting John" considered himself a warrior. He served in the Army in the Philippines, and was known even to General MacArthur at the time as he was the Boxing Champion of the islands.