To: doyle
“Manila John” Basilone, who’d been awarded the Medal of Honor for Guadalcanal actions, was blown apart on the beach on Day One.
12 posted on
02/23/2015 9:37:26 AM PST by
ErnBatavia
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To: ErnBatavia
Actually he was called “Machine Gun John'' Basilone He was from my home state of New Jersey, Rahway, New Jersey. His family and his many descendants still live there and I believe every year the town honors him on the day he was killed in action.
14 posted on
02/23/2015 10:02:33 AM PST by
jmacusa
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