James D. Dever

James D. Dever was born in 1955 and grew up in East Meadow, New York, where he chopped bicycles and worked at his uncle's pool installation business to help his single mother make ends meet. After seeing The Sands of Iwo Jima on Channel 9's "Million Dollar Movie" at age 10, he decided to join the Marine Corps-- enlisting at Levittown, Long Island ...