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Originally Posted by Daryl Corona
My Dad, who turned 92 last week, also does'nt talk much about his service in the Pacific theater while serving in the army during WW2. He and a childhood buddy of his by the name of John Basilone came from a small town in New Jersey, Raritan. My father was in the National guard at the time of Pearl Harbor so he just stayed in the army. John Basilone joined the Marines. Google John Basilone Guadacanal and see just what these guys were made of. God bless America and all the servicemen who made this country great.
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John Basilone, Gunnery Sergeant USMC, is a somewhat rediscovered American hero thanks to HBO's "Pacific", the partner mini series to the "Band of Brothers". He won the Congrssional Medal of Honor for action on Guadalcanal. He returned to the US to sell war bonds and then train new recruits. Rather then leave the service when his enlistment was up he stayed in, went to Iwo Jima with his men and died fighting there.
I am sure this does not fully depict the hell he endured but it may give some understanding of it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQV9RJUjzfo
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