Grandson of Iwo Jima veteran graduates Marine Corps boot camp

Pvt. Ryan McKercher, Platoon 3076, India Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, poses with his grandfather, Edward Eglinsdoerfer, during Family Day on Oct. 9, 2014, on Parris Island, S.C. Eglinsdoerfer served in the Marine Corps from 1944-1945. Eglinsdoerfer was wounded at the Battle of Iwo Jima, where shrapnel injured his spine and caused his eardrums to explode. McKercher, 18, from Milan, Mich., is scheduled to graduate Oct. 10, 2014. (Photo by Cpl. Caitlin Brink)