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September 10, 2009 at 7:13 am
Boooom!!!!!
Headshot!!!
September 10, 2009 at 8:55 am
BAR was more for suppression and piercing light vehicles. Nice try though.
September 10, 2009 at 10:27 am
I think it was in Sledge’s With the Old Breed, but it was mentioned that a marine tried to cut a Japanese soldier in half across the waist with a BAR. Just to see if he could.
September 10, 2009 at 11:11 am
I think I read about that. PFC Eugene Sledge?
September 10, 2009 at 11:49 am
Yes. After he left the marines, he wrote With The Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa. Its on page 143 in the copy that I have, its while they are at Peleliu. A marine with diarrhea is being chased by a Japanese soldier waving a bayonet. A BAR gunner sees the Japanese soldier, but waits to shoot at him until the enemy gets close enough, and then shoots him just to see if he could cut the guy in half with his BAR.
September 10, 2009 at 2:42 pm
I read the Bill Sloan version. I also have his book over Okinawa.
September 10, 2009 at 12:02 pm
Speaking of Eugene “Sledghammer” Sledge, his book is one of two that is being used as source material for HBO’s new series The Pacific. I cannot wait for this show, Tom Hanks says it is the spiritual sequel to Band of Brothers.
September 10, 2009 at 12:20 pm
I never heard of this until now. That sounds amazing. The trailer is awesome too.
September 10, 2009 at 3:32 pm
Oh, wait, this isn’t a series version of South Pacific? Boo!
September 15, 2009 at 3:33 pm
i love how much everyone one else is helping out!
or even concerned!
August 3, 2010 at 5:05 am
This is Korea not a WW2 Picture the first time USSR and America fought during “Cold War”.