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<b>Autumn,1942: It came down to one Marine, and one ship.(61 yrs ago)</b>
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| October 23, 2000
| Vin Suprynowicz
Posted on 10/26/2003 12:18:06 PM PST by MadelineZapeezda
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To: Lion in Winter
Yes, he is an American of Serbian descent. He hailed from West Mifflin, PA
To: ErnBatavia
Please tell him that there are many of us here in the northern panhandle of WV who admire him greatly and will never forget his courage and valor.
His cousin George lives here in our hometown.
To: mountaineer; FormerLib; wildandcrazyrussian
ping
To: crazykatz; gordgekko
bumping an old thread
To: MadelineZapeezda
That story goes way beyond "Wow!" That Sgt Paige managed somehow not to be taken out by a good shot or a lucky shot is amazing. His firing from each of the four positions and then using the weapon as a hand-held is a combination of superb training, genius, guts, and a stubborn refusal to let history take another path.
The man was blessed that day. It's on reading stories like this that I wish there were something above the MOH. Most of the award's recipients have been quite deserving, but too often the medal has been awarded with a political aim instead of recognizing truly conspicuous gallantry of the highest order. Performance on the battlefield doesn't get any better than this.
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posted on
10/26/2003 5:42:45 PM PST
by
jimfree
("Never did no wanderin' after all.")
To: jimfree
I know what you mean about the MOH......maybe like a 10th degree
To: Eagle9
Thank you for calling this thread to my attention my GOOD friend!
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posted on
10/26/2003 7:03:57 PM PST
by
Bigun
(IRSsucks@getridof it.com)
To: ErnBatavia
Please send my best regards to this fine gentleman.
To: MadelineZapeezda
My heartfelt gratitude to Col. Paige and to all of his comrades-in-arms for their heroism, with a "thank you" to John Moses Browning, as well, who gave them the tools necessary to do their jobs.
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posted on
10/26/2003 10:18:08 PM PST
by
rmh47
To: MadelineZapeezda; snippy_about_it
Thanks for an excellent post. Thanks for the ping Neil
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posted on
10/26/2003 11:37:19 PM PST
by
SAMWolf
(Let's head over to the Foxhole and quaff a few root beers. (Phil Dragoo))
To: MadelineZapeezda
Thank you for that great post!
Stories like this make me proud to be an American and a Marine.
Semper fidelis,
LH
To: Lancey Howard
Monday Morning bump!
Thank you and all who served .
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posted on
10/27/2003 4:52:54 AM PST
by
MadelineZapeezda
(There are heros all around us. Have you thanked a Veteran today?)
To: MadelineZapeezda
misspelled....my bad
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posted on
10/27/2003 4:57:20 AM PST
by
MadelineZapeezda
(There are heroes all around us. Have you thanked a Veteran today?)
To: MadelineZapeezda
Cool, seems like i've heard that story on the history channel.
To: MadelineZapeezda
Semper Fi Marines
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posted on
10/27/2003 5:19:52 AM PST
by
E.Allen
To: Ironfeather
PINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGgggggggggggggggggg!!!!
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posted on
10/27/2003 12:21:18 PM PST
by
dcwusmc
("The most dangerous man, to any government, is the man who is able to think things out for himself.")
To: dcwusmc
Hey, Doug... You aboard?
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posted on
11/02/2003 10:04:56 PM PST
by
dcwusmc
("The most dangerous man, to any government, is the man who is able to think things out for himself.")
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posted on
09/28/2005 9:58:33 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Down with Dhimmicrats! I last updated by FR profile on Sunday, August 14, 2005.)
Bears repeating:
In the end, Sgt. Paige picked up the last of the 40-pound, belt-fed Brownings -- the same design which John Moses Browning famously fired for a continuous 25 minutes until it ran out of ammunition at its first U.S. Army trial -- and did something for which the weapon was never designed. Sgt. Paige walked down the hill toward the place where he could hear the last Japanese survivors rallying to move around his flank, the gun cradled under his arm, firing as he went.
The weapon did not fail. Coming up at dawn, battalion executive officer Major Odell M. Conoley first discovered the answer to our question: How many able-bodied Marines does it take to hold a hill against two regiments of motivated, combat-hardened infantrymen who have never known defeat?
On a hill where the bodies were piled like cordwood, Mitchell Paige alone sat upright behind his 30-caliber Browning, waiting to see what the dawn would bring.
One hill: one Marine.
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posted on
09/28/2005 10:03:08 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Down with Dhimmicrats! I last updated by FR profile on Sunday, August 14, 2005.)
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
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06/03/2011 5:11:35 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
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