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Minard Willson, 91, of Mountain Home took bomb shrapnel to a leg on Guadalcanal and got his left arm shot to smithereens on Saipan, but somehow dodged everything in the battle that some historians have called the “fiercest and fastest” of the World War II Pacific Theater — Tarawa.
TARAWA 1 of 3 WWII RARE COLOR FILM
The Marine Corps is on the cusp of its most significant restructuring in decades, a process one defense analyst says may forever alter its character.
It's expected to shrink by tens of thousands of troops, reduce its equipment inventory and alter its approach to shore invasions.
An old Navy Chief and an old Marine Gunny were sitting at the VFW arguing about who had the tougher career.
“I did 30 years in the Corps,” the Marine declared proudly, “and fought in three of my country's wars. Fresh out of boot camp, I hit the beach at Okinawa , clawed my way up the blood-soaked sand, and eventually took out an entire enemy machine gun nest with a single grenade. As a sergeant, I fought in Korea alongside General MacArthur. We pushed the enemy inch by bloody inch all the way up to the Chinese border, always under a barrage of artillery and small arms fire. Finally, as a gunny sergeant, I did three consecutive combat tours in Vietnam . We humped through the mud and elephant grass for 14 hours a day, plagued by rain and mosquitoes, ducking under sniper fire by day and mortar fire all night. In a firefight, we'd fire until our arms ached and our guns were empty, then we charged the enemy with bayonets.”
Chu Lai Air Base 1965-1968: Marines, Seabees, Army & Special
My God,! did you see the National Anthem for the super bowl!? How does the NFL let someone on there to sing the National Anthem in front of hundreds of millions of people, a Military Color Guard, and all the troops that were assembled there during the anthem!? O’ya President Bush was sitting in the house too! I bet he had a few choice words for someone!….
Chu Lai VietNam VMA 225 1965 A4 Skyhawk Muley's Video Part 5
Chu Lai VietNam VMA 225 A4 Skyhawk 1965 Muley's Video Part 4
An Army grunt stands in the rain with a 35 lb. pack on his back 15 lb. weapon in hand, after having marched 12 miles, and says “This is shit.”
An Army Airborne Ranger stands in the rain with a 45 lb. pack on his back, weapon in hand, after having jumped from an airplane and marched 18 miles, and says with a smile, “This is good shit!”
Chu Lai VietNam VMA 225 A4 Skyhawk 1965 Muley's Video