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After the battle General Holland Smith came upon a sight that moved him to tears. “It was a dead Marine, leaning forward against the seawall, one arm still supported upright by the weight of his body. On top of the seawall, just beyond his upraised hand, lies a blue and white flag, a beach marker to tell succeeding waves where to land.” Holland Smith cleared his throat and said, “how can men like that ever be defeated?” - Several years ago I put a ton of time into reading and researching for these posts and still only scratched the surface of the events that occurred at Tarawa. Countless tales of individual heroism, lessons that were hard learned that would save lives in the future and so many other things. But what I really want is for you to take pride in your unit’s history and uphold and carry on the legacy left before you. 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 #followme #legacy #marines #usmc #semperfidelis
Goons Up117,937 次观看 • 6 个月前
Infantry Month - Being an Infantryman is the core of what the Marine Corps and the Army is. Make no mistake, if you’re not Infantry, your sole purpose is to support the Infantry. - March isn’t just another month, Infantry Month is about you, the Infantryman. A month to highlight you, for you to take pride in being an Infantryman because being an Infantryman truly is the best job in the military. I extend this to ALL Infantrymen; Marines, Army, doesn’t matter to me, you’re all my brothers and March is our month. - Most of the Infantrymen I’ve ever known enlisted for the sole purpose of being Infantry. It’s one of the few MOSs where you are specifically signing up knowing there’s potential for you to take the fight to the enemy; face to face and hand to hand. It might suck now but, one day you’ll look back and realize how awesome it is. - Here’s to the Infantry. Happy Infantry Month. - This audio from Bones and this photo just go so well together.
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In honor of our fallen brothers and sisters from 26 August. Navy Hospital Corpsman Max Soviak, 22, of Berlin Heights, Ohio. USMC LCpl Kareem Nikoui, 22, of Norco, California. USMC LCpl David Lee Espinoza, 20, of Laredo, Texas. USMC LCpl Rylee McCollum, 20, of Jackson, Wyoming. USMC LCpl Jared Schmitz, 20, of Wentzville, Missouri. USMC Cpl Hunter Lopez, 22, of Riverside, California. USMC SSgt Taylor Hoover, 31, of Midvale, Utah. USMC Cpl Daegan William-Tyeler Page, 23, of Red Oak, Iowa. USMC Cpl Humberto Sanchez, 29, of Logansport, Indiana. USMC Sgt Johanny Rosario, 25, of Lawrence, Massachusetts. US Army SSG Ryan Knauss, 23, of Corryton, Tennessee. USMC Sgt Nicole Gee, 23, of Roseville, California. USMC LCpl Dylan Merola, 20, of Rancho Cucamonga, California. - Rest Easy Warriors. - Today and everyday we remember all of those who gave their lives or pieces of themselves over the course of the 20-year war in Afghanistan. We should all do what we can to ensure it doesn’t happen again.
Goons Up211,798 次观看 • 1 年前
0331 - Here’s to the cult within the cult. You beltfed savages. Today is our day. Take pride in your MOS because you are the baddest mfs on the planet. Uphold the legacy. GTFGU! - Thanks for allowing me to do what I do. I love you all. Now keep sending in those 0331 day pictures and videos and tagging me in your posts and stories! We’re going all day! - Guns Up!
Goons Up25,341 次观看 • 2 个月前
“The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pride in presenting the Medal of Honor (Posthumously) to First Lieutenant Alexander “Sandy” Bonnyman, Jr., United States Marine Corps Reserve, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty as Executive Officer of the Second Battalion Shore Party, Eighth Marines, Second Marine Division, during the assault against enemy Japanese-held Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands, 20 to 22 November 1943. - Acting on his own initiative when assault troops were pinned down at the far end of Betio Pier by the overwhelming fire of Japanese shore batteries, 1st Lt Bonnyman repeatedly defied the blasting fury of the enemy bombardment to organize and lead the besieged men over the long, open pier to the beach and then, voluntarily obtaining flame throwers and demolitions, organized his pioneer shore party into assault demolitionists and directed the blowing of several hostile installations before the close of D-day. Determined to effect an opening in the enemy’s strongly organized defense line the following day, he voluntarily crawled approximately 40 yards forward of our lines and placed demolitions in the entrance of a large Japanese emplacement as the initial move in his planned attack against the heavily garrisoned, bombproof installation which was stubbornly resisting despite the destruction early in the action of a large number of Japanese who had been inflicting heavy casualties on our forces and holding up our advance. - Withdrawing only to replenish his ammunition, he led his men in a renewed assault, fearlessly exposing himself to the merciless slash of hostile fire as he stormed the formidable bastion, directed the placement of demolition charges in both entrances and seized the top of the bombproof position, flushing more than 100 of the enemy who were instantly cut down, and effecting the annihilation of approximately 150 troops inside the emplacement. - Assailed by additional Japanese after he had gained his objective, he made a heroic stand on the edge of the structure, defending his strategic position with indomitable determination in the face of the desperate charge and killing three of the enemy before he fell, mortally wounded. - By his dauntless fighting spirit, unrelenting aggressiveness and forceful leadership throughout three days of unremitting, violent battle, 1st Lt Bonnyman had inspired his men to heroic effort, enabling them to beat off the counterattack and break the back of hostile resistance in that sector for an immediate gain of 400 yards with no further casualties to our forces in this zone. He gallantly gave his life for his country.”
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On 16 December, 1944 the German counter offensive, which would become known as The Battle of the Bulge, began. - In the early morning hours before dawn, 30 German divisions attacked the Allied lines in the Ardennes. This created a deep bulge in the defensive lines as the Germans intended to split the Allied forces in two, giving way to the name, Battle of the Bulge. - The battle proved to be the costliest ever fought by the U.S. Army, which suffered over 100,000 casualties. - Freezing rain, thick fog, deep snow drifts and record-breaking low temperatures brutalized the American troops. More than 15,000 cold related injuries were reported. - “I was from Buffalo, I thought I knew cold,” baseball Hall of Famer and WWII veteran Warren Spahn said in The Love of Baseball. “But I didn’t really know cold until the Battle of the Bulge.”
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The Second Flag - “Holland, the raising of that flag means a Marine Corps for the next five hundred years.” - Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal to General Holland Smith at the sight of the colors atop Mount Suribachi - Sergeant William Genaust, a thirty eight year old combat photographer who had been recommended for a Navy Cross on Saipan filmed the second flag-raising in color with a standard issue movie camera. Genaust was later killed in action when he came upon several Japanese soldiers in a cave in northern Iwo Jima.
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