Their citizenship. As they do every year, marine veterans of the battle of euagima return. 6,800 americans would die. More than 1,900 others would be wounded. In 2000, ktvus George Watson brought us this look back at the battle. What made this island dying for . The giant b29 bombers on their daily sortese over japan. 60,000 marines were sent ashore to get their regime. A fact the marines discovered as soon as they hit. The hail of fire was so heavy it was incredible. I mean bullets zipping by, snapped and popped as they broke the sound barrier. The crunch of the artillery. Youre almost numb. The first day, the people that were at shore were calling out for blood. So you knew that it was probably bad when it was only three or four hours into battle and they were asking for blood. I was with the 20 regime. We lost all our officers. Looking behind you, over your shoulders and in the sky. You just heard bombs hitting, the shells, you never knew if your name was on that one or not. Reporte
HOT SPRINGS - El Dorado scored 14 runs in the first inning and rolled to a 22-9 victory in 5A South softball action on Monday. The Lady Wildcats improved to 3-6 in league play.