02
APR
2016

Good Thing His Rifle Jammed

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90-year-old Glenn Brem of Gilroy, CA appears on episode #413 of Hometown Heroes, debuting April 2, 2016. Brem enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps at the age of 17, and saw action in four major Pacific battles during World War II.

For more photos relating to Glenn and his story, visit the Hometown Heroes facebook page.

For more photos relating to Glenn and his story, visit the Hometown Heroes facebook page.

90-year-old Glenn Brem shows us where a Japanese round struck his shoulder on Okinawa in 1945. If the teenaged Marine hadn't been bending over to tend to a jammed rifle, he would've been killed.

Posted by Hometown Heroes Radio on Thursday, March 31, 2016

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