They are known as the "Greatest Generation."
Bob Rice is one of those Americans born between 1901 and 1924 who lived through the Great Depression and World War II.
A troubled teen, he joined the Marines in 1943 and served in Peleiu and Pavuvu, at Dakeshi Ridge and in the Okinawa Landing. Rice said his mother died when he was tiny – he never knew his father – constantly got into trouble and ran away until he was put in a Protectory, a Catholic institution that housed problem children.
He entered wanting to be a rifleman and because he was of such small stature, "I was 17 and looked 14," he was...
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