"On 17 August 1942, 211 Marines of the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion under command of Colonel Evans Carlson and Captain James Roosevelt[1] were landed on Makin from two submarines, USS Nautilus and USS Argonaut. The Japanese garrison only posed 83 to 160 men under the command of a warrant officer. The Raiders killed at least 83 Japanese soldiers, annihilating the garrison, and destroyed installations for the loss of 21 killed (mostly by air attack) and 9 captured. The Japanese moved their prisoners to Kwajalein Atoll, where they were later beheaded. One objective of the raid was to confuse the Japanese about U.S. intentions in the Pacific, but it had the effect of alerting the Japanese to the strategic importance of the Gilbert Islands and led to their further reinforcement and fortification."
I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you.
"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him; better take a closer look at the American Indian." - Henry Ford
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I carried my dad's Raider knife with me in Vietnam. Not the stiletto, the heavy Bowie type knife. Here is a picture of the new remanufactured new pretty one. Mine doesn’t look near as pretty .
2wlady wrote: Are you talking about a ka-bar knife? My DH has his, plus a machete from when he was fighting the Huks in the Philippines.
No Not a K-bar The Raider Bowie type was made my a different knife maker. It's a pretty large. heavy knife. It looks very much like the knife shown except the guards are a little different.
CIHI and the Marines are still trying to retreive the Marines who were taken to Kwajalein and beheaded. They have a pretty good idea where they are burried, accessing the site is an issue. (They are pretty sure the grave site is under what is now the landing strip)
Probably not too many folks know the name of the islander who help to locate the bodies and sang the Marine hymn as they loaded the c130 . Mr Bueimo is now passed.
Because of the current politicaL SENSITIVITY - WE BURY THE MASSIVE BUTRALITY OF THE jAPANESE WWII - READ "FLYBOYS" TO GET IT - THE JAPANESE OPERATED AND MUTALATED OUR BOYS WITH NO MEDS - AND ATE THEIR LIVERS
WAR IS HELL.
Marines are brave
but.....so are many. Special ?? I am a sub sailor and can hold my own with any JarHead - still my brothers.
