Martin
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| Martin | |
|---|---|
 Pvt. Martin and Baker Company about to advance on a German mortar position | |
| Appears in | Call of Duty |
| Rank | Private |
| Affiliations | United States Army, 101st Airborne Division |
| Weapon | All U.S. and German weapons in the game. |
Private Joseph "Joey" Martin was an American soldier in Call of Duty, and one of the three playable characters in the game. He was a young recruit of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, as a pathfinder under Cpt. Foley's Baker Company. As a protagonist, he journeys with the rest of Baker Company on all of their military operations, presumably until the end of the war. Although Captain Foley is transferred to a different company as reference to Call of Duty: United Offensive.
[edit] Biography
Martin started his training for the 101st at Camp Toccoa, Georgia. Despite being a mere private, Martin is relied on heavily as something of a dedicated explosives expert, destroying several German equipment through stolen Panzershrecks and TNT. As a pathfinder, he was capable of setting up radio beacons. He also had training as a sniper at Camp Toccoa in 1942, and is typically designated as the person who collects sensitive documents as shown in the Brecourt Manor Assualt (Baker Company did not participate in the destruction of the guns at Brecourt, Easy Company and a handful of Dog Company led by Ronald Speirs destroyed the guns), Chateau and Battle of the Bulge missions.
When you first play as Martin, he is going through stance and weapons training in 1942. Then, two years later, in the summer of 1944, he is a pathfinder. Being inserted at 2456 hours, Martin goes to mark a landing zone for the main force. Planting a beacon in the middle of the field, he watches as the troops drop in. Intense fighting then follows and Martin joins up with Cpt. Foley. They then enter Ste. Mere-Eglise.
As Martin enters Ste. Mere-Eglise, mortar fire starts leveling the area where the 101st is. Following that, intense MG fire in front them take out members of the squad. After taking them out, Martin is ordered to plant explosives on three Flakpanzers. Finally, he and his squad take Ste. Mere-Eglise and Cpt. Foley congratulates them, but he warns them that troops will to counterattack.
The next morning, mortar fire starts again, and Martin and his squadmates are ordered to get off the streets. Cpt. Foley then orders Johnson to investigate the area. He is shot, and the counterattack on Ste. Mere-Eglise begins. Things get worse when a tank shows up. Thankfully however, Martin gets a Panzerfaust from the chruch and destroys it. He then mounts the MG42 in the chruch and holds a wave of German troops. Cpt. Foley then gets ready to attack the mortar crews. After that, Martin gets in the car with Sgt. Moody and Pvt. Elder to inform headquarters near Ste. Marie-Du-Mont that Ste. Mere-Eglise has been successfully held, but they need reinforcements.
Driving down Normandy Route N13, Martin holds off German troops. But then, the group's car has been destroyed, so Elder needs to hotwire a Kubelwagon to continue the journey to headquarters. He protects Elder while he does that, and then the three head to headquarters. Moody then reports to a Major Shepherd. While the Sergeant is in headquarters, he is told to assault Brecourt Manor and eliminate the Flak guns. Going with a few extra men, Martin destroys the battery at the Manor.
After D-Day, Martin's unit is detached from the rest of the 101st to go on missions behind enemy lines. Their first known mission was to rescue a Captain Price and a Major Ingram from a Chateau in the Bavarian Alps. First, his squad steals a truck, and then approaches the Chateau on foot. Next, Martin and the squad eliminates the guards in front of the residence. Then, he nabs documents and destroys communications. Finally they go down to rescue the prisoners, but only Cpt. Price is there. As Martin and his squadmates are escaping the Chateau, Cpt. Price informs them that Major Ingram had been moved to Dulag IIIA.
Cpt. Foley then formulates a plan to rescue the Major. He plans to bust through the gate using the truck, and then expects Martin to spend only ten minutes in the camp, otherwise the Germans will lock the entire camp. He and his squadmates execute the operation and everything goes according to plan.
In 1945, the 101st are now in Hurtgen. Martin's squad's mission is to collect documents concerning V2 launch sites. After a inspirational speech, Cpt. Foley and the others start heading over to the bunkers. Unfortunately, mortar fire hits them. Thankfully they make it through, so Martin then goes inside the two bunkers and collects the documents. But then tanks come along to ruin the squad's day. However he gets on the Flak gun and destroys them. Cpt. Foley, relieved, congratulates himself and Martin for coming this far.
Martin has a journal. His entries in it are seen before most American missions in Call of Duty except Car Ride, where his journal is replace by a map of Normandy Route N13, with writing from Cpt. Foley.
Contrary to popular belief, oddly Pvt. Martin does not die in Bastogne after being wounded and later hit by artillery during the Battle of the Bulge. In Call of Duty: United offensive, Mission 1, Pvt. George Ender shouted "Sarge, they got Joey (which is obviously referring to Pvt. Joey Martin)!" to Sgt. Tom Moody and Cpl. Scott Riley in the jeep. This indicates that Pvt. Martin, although was not seen directly in the game until 2nd mission, is a member of Cpl. Riley's patrol squad and was thought to be killed by the German attack. It's not true due to the fact that he was found alive in mission 2, recovered, and the Player takes control of him in Call of Duty during a battle in the Hurtgen forest in mid January 1945.
[edit] Trivia
- He has a journal, and his entries are shown in every American mission EXCEPT Car Ride.
- He is controlled by the player, so he doesn't have a specific weapon.
- He is the first playable character in the Call of Duty series.
- He is assigned with a M1A1 Carbine and a Thompson at the start of the game.
- In Call of Duty United Offensive, the 1st mission, during the defense of the company HQ, one can see a wounded Private by the name of Martin, contrary to belief, HE IS NOT, Pvt. Martin, whether or not this is a reference is unknown. The wounded soldier is actually named Private Matrin, and the similar spelling led many players to believe it was Martin.
- Although Pvt. Martin has served his unit for more than a year through D-Day, Market Garden, Bastogne, Hurtgen and towards Germany itself, he was never promoted once. He never attained rank as Private First Class either. Even though he has done many heroic and outstanding deeds, he still seen with a private strip on his sleeve.
