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How U.S. Marines Stymied Japanese Forces at the Battle of the Bloody Ridge
In the early battles for Guadalcanal, U.S. Marines handed the Imperial Japanese Army its first taste of defeat at the Battle of Bloody Ridge.
Here s What You Need to Know: The myth of the Japanese soldier as a “superman” was shattered at Guadalcanal.
Scanning over the maps unfolded before him in the division operations room, Colonel Gerald C. Thomas, 1st Marine Division G-3 officer, turned and muttered: “They’re coming.”
Colonel Merritt A. “Red Mike” Edson, commanding officer of the 1st Marine Raider Battalion, agreed. But from what direction? Pointing to a prominent ridge line on an aerial photograph, “Red Mike” softly whispered: “This looks like a good approach.”
the higgins boats. some guys were in higgins boats that didn t belong to higgins boats, and if the va has issues at home they should talk to a guy who has talked to more veterans than anyone i know including he can tell you a story a million stories obviously about just what i m talking about now, tom brokaw. well mike it s been a life-changing experience for me obviously beginning on the 40th anniversary and in a way i had not anticipated. i was born in 1940. my first memories of life were about that war and then as i say when the war ended and there was no prosperity for working class families like ours kind of faded until i came here for that 40th anniversary and now, not just every anniversary but every day of my life i am in contact with veterans one kind or another, from here in the pacific and the italian campaign. we showed on nightly news last night the story of a man by the name of frank devita. he was on the ship called the