NOT KNOWN FACTUAL STATEMENTS ABOUT 1ST BN 1ST MARINES SHIRTS

“We acquired in a number of hundred yards in through the beach and afterwards the Japanese opened fire on us,” reported Al "Duke" Dellaera, an eighteen-12 months-previous Maritime with 1st Marine Division at the time, recalling an attack inside the early days in the invasion. “We have been ambushed, actually shocked. All I saw was particles s