1ST BATTALION 1ST MARINES SHIRTS - AN OVERVIEW

“We got in a few hundred yards in from your Seaside and afterwards the Japanese opened fire on us,” said Al "Duke" Dellaera, an eighteen-calendar year-previous Marine with 1st Marine Division at the time, recalling an assault from the early days in the invasion. “We were ambushed, actually stunned. All I observed was particles slipping in eve