GALLOWAY, N.J. - Retired Lt. Col. Wally Kaenzig sits

GALLOWAY, N.J. - Retired Lt. Col. Wally Kaenzig sits in his office and reflects on the battle he fought nearly 70 years ago. Wally is a survivor of Iwo Jima. The Rutgers University Junior was well on his way to a career in agriculture when the shocking news crackled across the radio that December in 1941. In an instant, Wally and many of his classmates dashed to the nearest military recruiting station - they were going to fight. Turned down by the Navy, ("You ain't gonna be able to grow squash very well on a ship," laughed the recruiter) Wally found himself walking through the next door in the building. He was going to be a Marine. Wally became a member of the Corps' legendary 4th Marine Division. Before long, he was training extensively at Camp Pendleton, Calif., for an invasion like no other. The Marines knew they were working toward something huge - the secrecy surrounding the operation was highlighted one day by the unannounced arrival of a black convertible limousine. The silent, bespectacled stare of the commander-in-chief studying the drills in the dunes below was all the proof needed.