United States Marines Appreciation Thread

[Ars Moriendi]

Is admiration to the US a normal/common thing in Bulgaria nowadays?

[Linebacker]

Im going to presume the argument with mister noble daddy issues is over and we can resume to posting Marine material.

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32 shots 32 kills.

[Profileid]

The first to fight. The best really. My dad was a marine back in the 80s

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241 year anniversary of the founding of the Marine Corps on Nov 10th
Semper fi

[Linebacker]

New 2017

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[Zephyrus]

Hehehehehehe... that negro meathead lost.

[RMuller]

Meet Gabby Gabaldon a Marine from the EAST LA barrio.




Guy Gabaldon The Marine Who Got 1,500 Japanese soldiers And Civilian To Surrender – Alone!

In 1944, during the bloody fighting for control of the Western Pacific island of Saipan, Marine Pvt. Guy Gabaldon single-handedly captured more than 1,000 Japanese soldiers — a feat never before accomplished in U.S. military history. His secret weapon: the Mexican American spoke Japanese. Two years after his death, a documentary questions why he wasn't awarded a Medal of Honor.





The story of Guy Gabaldon might sound like a fictional story, but he did capture more than 1500 Japanese on his own. At the beginning of his mission, he even had to confront the authorities to do so. But let’s start from the beginning of the story.

Guy, also known as Gabby or Pied Piper from Saipan, was born to a Mexican-American family on March 22, 1926 in LA and had 6 brothers. When he was 12 he moved in with a Japanese-American family, the Nakano, and there he learned some Japanese, but not only the language, but also their traditions and culture. When WWII began they were sent to a relocation camp and Guy, shortly after, at the age of 17, decided to join the Army.

When he was only 18 he was sent to Saipan. Saipan is part of the Mariana Islands, and is located about 1250 miles away from Tokyo. Since it was an important Japanese strategic stronghold, it was crucial to free it from Japanese invasion. This operation was called Operation Forger and started on June 15th, 1944, when the 2nd and 4th marine division landed on Saipan. They were later joined by the Army’s 27th Infantry. This battle was a bloody one, the results were 3000 American, 30,000 Japanese and about 900 local civilians dead, till the Island was secured by July 9th.

The first time he went out on this self-imposed mission of capturing the enemy, he managed to get two Japanese prisoners. He was then threatened with a court-martial for leaving his duties. Still, he ignored it and the next day went out again, this time he managed to capture over 50 Japanese. He was then given free rein and permission to work as a “Lone Wolf” and worked at night, mostly.

Once, they saw him surrounded by more than 800 Japanese, some of them still armed, but they were his prisoners, he had captured all of them in just one day. To get them to give in,, he would approach the caves and their hiding places and bid them to surrender. He would falsely tell them they were surrounded and that if they came out peacefully they would not harm them. He also promised them dignity and to get them back to Japan when the war was over.

He didn’t enjoy all the killing, and he thought that his deeds could save thousands of lives, and he did save 1500 lives. Capturing the enemies kept them alive. But this wasn’t the only advantage, by capturing them he could also get more information.

All in all, by July 9, he had captured more than 1500 Japanese and local civilians, being his main weapon the knowledge of Japanese, cigarettes and candy.
After serving for two years in the Army, he was wounded by a machine gun and so ended his service.

He got his Silver Star upgraded to a Navy Cross for his heroic deeds, and though he was nominated to get a Medal of Honor, he didn’t get it. He claims that the reason for that is his Mexican procedence.

After war, he did many things and lived in many places, including Saipan itself, for about 20 years. He was invited to a TV show called “This is your life”, and movie was made about him in 1960 called “Hell of Eternity”. He claims, nonetheless, that Jeffrey Hunter is nothing like him. He also wrote a book in 1990 called “Saipan: Suicide Island”.

In August 31, 2006 he died of heart disease at the age of 80.

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/fea...der-alone.html


At night I'd usually go to caves — Saipan is just full of caves — and I'd get to one side of the mouth of the cave and I'd say, 'You are completely surrounded. I've got a bunch of Marines here with me behind the trees. If you don't surrender, I'll have to kill you.' And usually it worked. Not always. I'd have to throw grenades in and kill. And I'd [capture] maybe 10 or 15, 20 [Japanese soldiers] at a time and one day I got 800."


America first learned about Gabaldon in 1957 when he appeared on the popular television show This Is Your Life. That appearance turned the truck driver into an instant hero and Hollywood soon came knocking on his door.

In 1960, Gabaldon's story was turned into a feature film called Hell to Eternity. The movie featured some of the most realistic combat scenes shown up until that time. But it also took certain liberties with Gabaldon's story. The 5-foot-4-inch Marine was portrayed by 6-foot-1 actor Jeffrey Hunter.

"The biggest glitch in the movie is that Guy Gabaldon is portrayed as a Caucasian living with Japanese Americans," says filmmaker Steve Rubin, who has made a documentary about Gabaldon. "That was completely inaccurate. His Mexican heritage, his ethnicity, his whole background, was obliterated and plays no reference in the movie."

Rubin was just a kid when he saw Hell to Eternity, but the story of the Marine who spoke Japanese always stuck with him. Years later, through a series of coincidences, Rubin met the man himself.

"I get a phone call at home around 8:30 at night and lo and behold it's Guy Gabaldon calling me!" Rubin says. "And he was very apologetic and he says I'm sorry to call you so late. And I just say 'Guy!' It's like hearing from Davy Crockett! I was just blown away that I was on the telephone with one of my childhood heroes."

The two men became friends and Rubin eventually produced a documentary about Gabaldon called East L.A. Marine. One of the central questions he asks is why Gabaldon was passed over for the Medal of Honor.

The Pentagon is reviewing the cases of about 80 Mexican-Americans and Jewish-American World War II soldiers to determine whether they should be awarded the Medal of Honor. A spokesman confirms that Gabaldon is among them.

[Robocop]

FUCK YEAH, LET'S GO

I bask in the glow of the rising war, lay waste to the ground of an enemy shore,
wade through the blood spilled on the floor, and if another one stands I’ll kill some more




I listen this whenever someone writes about how great Putin and Russia are