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Peleliu Marine: Cpl. R.V. Burgin by Matt Hall

Print #2 in our "Portraits of Valor" Series: When 20-year-old R.V. Burgin joined K-3-5 of the 1st Marine Division in June 1943, the unit’s ‘Canal veterans took him under wing. Their tutelage and R.V.’s Texan toughness gave him an edge on New Britain. By the Peleliu battle, R.V. was a corporal and mortar section leader. R.V. would later become a sergeant and fight on Okinawa. By the war’s end, he received the Purple Heart, Bronze Star, and the admiration of Marines like Eugene Sledge, who said R.V. was, “. . . as fine a sergeant as I ever saw.”

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MAIN EDITION (SIGNATURE CARD)
950 limited-edition prints, signed by Matt Hall and includes the autograph of R.V. Burgin on a signature card, perfect to frame with your print. Includes COA.

MAIN EDITION - Less than 6 remain!
Same as above only the print is signed by R.V. Includes COA.
Sgt. R.V. Burgin
Burgin was the squad leader of Eugene Sledge and SNAFU Shelton with K-Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division (K-3-5). Burgin fought at Cape Gloucester, Peleliu, and Okinawa, where he was awarded the Bronze Star. He was featured in Eugene Sledge’s classic book With the Old Breed and portrayed in the HBO miniseries The Pacific. Burgin is the author of Islands of Damned: A Marine at War in the Pacific.