[Victoria Delsoul]

Good morning, all! Great graphics, Bunny. Thank you.

CRY CORPSMAN

Red Beach, Tarawa

As the U.S. Marines continued their advance toward Japan, these battles required no explanation for they were the worst, most brutal and costly in human life to both friend and foe in all the campaigns of the Pacific from 1943 to 1944. The heroism and bravery demonstrated by the Navy hospital corpsmen was without exception during these and other campaigns in World War II, from Tarawa to the battle for Guam.

This cry for a corpsman rang out in every Marine operation in the Pacific in World War II. When a wounded or dying Marine uttered these words it was an immediate call to action by every corpsmen within earshot. The total number of men killed in action or wounded during all the Pacific campaigns was an appalling number 82 Naval doctors, 17 dental officers, 2 hospital corps officers, and 1,046 Hospital Corpsmen were officially listed as "killed in action"

-- Dr. WILL LAING

[Snow Bunny]

Good morning Victora, Wow this is wonderful . Thank you so much !!!!!

I really appreciate all you do here to support our troops and the FReeper USO Canteen. Thank you Victoria so much.