1ST BATTALION 1ST MARINES SHIRTS - AN OVERVIEW

“We got in several hundred yards in with the Seashore and afterwards the Japanese opened hearth on us,” stated Al "Duke" Dellaera, an 18-yr-outdated Maritime with 1st Marine Division at some time, recalling an assault in the early days with the invasion. “We ended up ambushed, seriously amazed. All I observed was particles slipping everywhere