The film centers on a group of young athletes who volunteered for the Marines before enduring the brutal battle of Okinawa. Long Beach resident John McConnell still remembers the devastation it wrought.
Barbara Kingsley-Wilson
Barbara Kingsley-Wilson, a freelance reporter for the Post, taught journalism and advised student media for 22 years at Cal State Long Beach. She wrote two books on CSULB history and previously covered courts, public safety, general assignment news and sports for the Orange County Register, the Cleveland Plain Dealer and Rochester (N.Y.) Times-Union. She teaches yoga and lives with her family in Long Beach.
