To: MistyCA
When I was in Boot camp in 1965, we were shown some color combat footage of the assault on Betio. The lagoon turned pink before our eyes. It is estimated there were 1000 Marine casualties before the first Marine got onto the shore.
42 posted on
11/21/2002 1:15:05 PM PST by
stumpy
To: stumpy
ohhhhh. It's hard to hear that, much less see that. I know that is what they said about the beaches of Normandy too.
43 posted on
11/21/2002 1:31:54 PM PST by
MistyCA
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