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1944 Marine ‘Mosquito Bowl’ defines football, courage, duty
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1944 Marine ‘Mosquito Bowl’ defines football, courage, duty
By Douglass K. Daniel, The Associated Press
Sep 19, 01:14 PM
The 6th Marine Division wade ashore to support the beachhead on Okinawa, Japan, April 1, 1945. (Public domain)
“The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II,” by Buzz Bissinger (Harper)
U.S. Marines training for the invasion of the Japanese island of Okinawa didn’t know they would face the bloodiest fighting in the Pacific theater of World War II. The nearly three-month battle in summer 1945 would cost the Marine Corps, the Army and the Navy nearly 13,000 dead and three times as many wounded.
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Lt Col Charlie Brown SSG Michael Noll Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Cpl Vic Burk SGT (Join to see) SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth ] Sgt (Join to see) SPC Michael Terrell CPL Douglas Chrysler A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney GySgt Jack Wallace CPL LaForest Gray SFC David Reid, M.S, PHR, SHRM-CP, DTM PV2 Larry Sellnow SPC Gary C. SPC (Join to see) SGT Steve McFarland SGT Jim Arnold MSG Darold R.
1944 Marine ‘Mosquito Bowl’ defines football, courage, duty
By Douglass K. Daniel, The Associated Press
Sep 19, 01:14 PM
The 6th Marine Division wade ashore to support the beachhead on Okinawa, Japan, April 1, 1945. (Public domain)
“The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II,” by Buzz Bissinger (Harper)
U.S. Marines training for the invasion of the Japanese island of Okinawa didn’t know they would face the bloodiest fighting in the Pacific theater of World War II. The nearly three-month battle in summer 1945 would cost the Marine Corps, the Army and the Navy nearly 13,000 dead and three times as many wounded.
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Lt Col Charlie Brown SSG Michael Noll Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Cpl Vic Burk SGT (Join to see) SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth ] Sgt (Join to see) SPC Michael Terrell CPL Douglas Chrysler A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney GySgt Jack Wallace CPL LaForest Gray SFC David Reid, M.S, PHR, SHRM-CP, DTM PV2 Larry Sellnow SPC Gary C. SPC (Join to see) SGT Steve McFarland SGT Jim Arnold MSG Darold R.
1944 Marine ‘Mosquito Bowl’ defines football, courage, duty
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We should never forget those who worn the uniform.before us. Those men and women took the ultimate sacrifice for our
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