1ST BATTALION 1ST MARINES SHIRTS - AN OVERVIEW

“We bought in a handful of hundred yards in in the beach after which the Japanese opened fire on us,” said Al "Duke" Dellaera, an 18-yr-old Maritime with 1st Marine Division at the time, recalling an attack inside the early days with the invasion. “We ended up ambushed, seriously amazed. All I saw was debris falling everywhere.”Posted by Se