1ST BATTALION 1ST MARINES SHIRTS - AN OVERVIEW

“We bought in several hundred yards in with the beach after which the Japanese opened fire on us,” claimed Al "Duke" Dellaera, an 18-year-previous Maritime with 1st Marine Division at enough time, recalling an assault from the early times of the invasion. “We have been ambushed, seriously stunned. All I saw was debris slipping in all places.�