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Knights Without Parachutes — marines

Battle Is Still In Session, Contrary to Popular Rumor

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Battle Is Still In Session, Contrary to Popular Rumor

The commanders, however, needed excuses to declare the battle over, to reassure war-weary Americans back home who didn’t know what the Marines were up against.

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A Platoon Teaches a Lieutenant How to Lead

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A Platoon Teaches a Lieutenant How to Lead

Hudson and the others had already moved out, following Martinez, and were surveying the situation. The lieutenant should have been leading them instead of lying down behind them.

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World War 1 Hero Offers Surrender to General Senda

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World War 1 Hero Offers Surrender to General Senda

Cates understood heroic fighting. As a lieuten­ant at Belleau Wood in World War I, Cates had become famous for reporting that with most of his men gone, lacking support, and under constant fire, he would hold.

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Prisoner's Information on What Lies Ahead

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Prisoner's Information on What Lies Ahead

A captured Japanese soldier said there were hundreds of Japanese with weapons and water but little food in the small area ahead of the division. Also, there was a Japanese major general.

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Last Part of the Battle of Iwo Jima Begins

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Last Part of the Battle of Iwo Jima Begins

What RCT 25 faced was the last stand of the Japanese on the eastern side of the island.

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