HELPING THE OTHERS REALIZE THE ADVANTAGES OF 1ST BN 1ST MAR

“We obtained in a handful of hundred yards in from your Seashore then the Japanese opened fire on us,” explained Al "Duke" Dellaera, an 18-calendar year-outdated Marine with 1st Marine Division at enough time, recalling an assault in the early times of the invasion. “We had been ambushed, seriously astonished. All I observed was debris fallin