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900 Japanese Attacked. One Marine Refused to Fall.

☕ Creating these videos takes hours of research, writing, and editing. If you enjoy this content and want to see more stories like this, consider buying me a coffee ❤ 👉 Support the channel here: buymeacoffee.com/wartimeaviationtales Every coffee directly supports the next video. Thank you for keeping these stories alive. 🚀 And if you're not subscribed yet, consider joining the channel and helping us reach our first 100 subscribers. Every subscription truly makes a difference! On the night of October 24–25, 1942, nearly 900 Japanese soldiers charged a single sector of the Marine perimeter on Guadalcanal. One man refused to fall. This is the story of Gunnery Sergeant John Basilone — a Marine from Raritan, New Jersey — who held two machine gun positions together in complete darkness while a regimental assault tried to break through to Henderson Field. But before the legend, there was a man. The son of Italian immigrants. A New Jersey kid who enlisted to see the world. A soldier who fell in love with the discipline of the machine gun — who could disassemble and reassemble his weapon blindfolded. On Guadalcanal, that expertise would become the difference between collapse and survival. When the Japanese Maruyama Offensive struck the Marine lines along the Matanikau, Basilone’s section was directly in its path. Within the first hour, half his crew was dead or wounded. Ammunition was running out. One gun jammed under fire. What followed — the 90-pound ammunition run through jungle under enemy control, the repair of a machine gun in darkness, the hand-to-hand fighting with a pistol — is preserved in his Medal of Honor citation and the testimony of the men who survived beside him. By dawn, dozens of enemy soldiers lay in front of his position. Henderson Field still stood. But the story doesn’t end at sunrise. Basilone returned home a national hero. Ticker-tape parades. War bond tours. Crowds chanting his name. Yet in letters home and requests to Marine Corps headquarters, he made something clear: He wanted to go back. In February 1945, he landed on Iwo Jima with 1/27 Marines — and was killed on D+1 while leading his men off the beach under mortar fire. He could have stayed home as a symbol. He chose to return as a Marine. This is not just the story of a battle. It is the story of a man who was most himself in the worst possible place — and who never stepped back when others needed him forward. ⏱️ CHAPTERS: ACT 1: 01:30 - RARITAN ACT 2: 08:10 - THE ISLAND ACT 3: 18:58 - THE NIGHT ACT 4: 28:41 - THE WRONG KIND OF FAMOUS ACT 5: 35:28 - IWO JIMA ACT 6: 40:31 - AFTERMATH If you value deeply researched World War II documentaries that focus on the human beings behind the headlines, consider subscribing. History is not built by myths. It is built by men who refuse to fall.