Arthur man keeping promises after surviving Iwo Jima

ARTHUR – He stood 6-foot-2. Weighed 160. Friends at Arthur High School said he looked as skinny as slats on a bed. The 1944 Class Roster lists him as Lawrence Trower, but to this day, he's still called "Slats."

Blue eyes, innocent from 18 years of small-town living, peeked out from a blond hank of hair as he rode the train to Chicago for his military physical that June after graduation.

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