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To: Saije
It's well worth reading about the event these gentlemen are going to document with interviews and assemblies of existing film.

Not everybody there was a Marine ~ most everyone was, but not everyone ~ the 1st and 15th U S Army Infantry "held the door" for the final Marine withdrawal.

That's probably the first, last and only time the Army Infantry did the honor of escorting the Marine Infantry, but any documentary has to include the materials in the DOD and DIA files concerning that "small" part of a far larger event.

3 posted on 11/29/2009 6:32:18 PM PST by muawiyah (Git Out The Way)
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To: muawiyah
the 1st and 15th U S Army Infantry "held the door" for the final Marine withdrawal

When asked about that action, a Marine said, "Retreat? Hell No! We just advanced in a different direction!" :-)

6 posted on 11/29/2009 6:42:15 PM PST by Oatka ("A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves." –Bertrand de Jouvenel)
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