In World War II, there were many legendary combat heroes, such as Benjamin, who was originally a dentist, and had nothing to do with the war, but the peaceful life was broken by World War II, and in desperation, he chose to join the army in 1940, and was arranged to logistically rescue the wounded, it is reasonable to say that this can not contact the enemy, but one day in 1944, because the AMERICAN troops on the front line were greatly damaged, the Japanese army's suicide charge made the US army fight more hard, and the two sides also appeared in a state of confrontation. In order to win time to rescue the wounded, Benjamin personally took the gun to the battlefield.
But before he could go to the front, he knew that the Japanese had broken through the position, so he chose to resist. Under the strafing of machine guns, these Japanese soldiers fell into the muzzle of his guns. The other devils saw him as the main target, but Benjamin held out for half an hour and was shot seventy-six times. It is reasonable to say that he has been shot so many times, but he has survived strongly again, which makes everyone admire. In fact, in World War II, there is another hero who is very legendary, and he has also made great achievements in many years of fighting alone, and this person is Basilone.
A native of Buffalo, born in 1916 into an ordinary family, his father immigrated to Manville from Italy with his family in 1903, and because there were too many children in the family, reaching more than a dozen, so the parents' financial pressure was high, and Basilón chose to drop out of school at an early age. By the time he was fifteen years old, he had already ventured outside to work as a caddy on the golf course. In 1934, he joined the Army, and in the Philippines for three years, when boxing was advocated in the U.S. Army, and Basilón also joined the army, he was tall and brave, so he also won the boxing championship, and became a big celebrity in the Philippines for a time.
But after retiring, he went to a remote town in Maryland and became a truck driver, but he had little interest in the job, after all, it could not bring Baslon a halo and honor. In 1940, Basilone participated in the naval examination in the Bar area of Maryland, and successfully joined the revolutionary ranks, in which he underwent a rigorous examination, was also sent to the Guanta base in Cuba, and was assigned to the first battalion of the First Division C Company as a machine gunner.
In October 1942, the U.S. 1st Marine Division went to the Solomon Islands and was stationed on Guadalcanal, and on October 24, the Battle of Guadalcanal broke out, which was a key battle in the Pacific Theater, which was very bloody and the first land battle between the United States and Japan, and the strongest troops were sent by both sides. In order to be able to protect Henderson Airfield, the First Division can be described as very heroic, each soldier is struggling to support the front line, although it has been greatly damaged, but everyone dare not relax, after all, the Japanese Sendai Division may come at any time.
On 25 October, 10,000 shells exploded in the position on the east side of the airfield, and three thousand devils attacked again, and these Japanese troops used human pedals to climb over a huge barbed wire fence and pounce on the American positions. However, these Japanese troops were attacked by the machine gun positions of the First Division, and two heavy machine guns were frantically strafed, without any pause at all, and one of them was operated by Basilone. In order to kill the machine gunners, these Japanese troops risked their lives to rush to the American positions, and Basilone did not have time to adjust, so he could only take out his pistols and kill the enemy. Kill the Japanese soldiers in front of him, thus saving his own life.
Of course, in the next two days, twelve of his comrades died, and two people were too badly wounded to resist the enemy, and he could only control two machine guns alone and continue to fight with the Japanese army. At this time, the gun was also due to uninterrupted firing, which resulted in a malfunction. Basilone used his hands to adjust, but he was burned. During two days of fighting, he annihilated fifteen hundred Japanese troops, shot out thirty thousand rounds of ammunition, and successfully defended his position.
After the war, he was awarded the Order of Congress and became a hero, returning to the United States in 1943 to collect war bonds and promote the War of Resistance. When he returned to his hometown, the local people and officials also held celebrations for him. After raising 1.3 million bonds, he could have spent his life in honor, but offered to go to the battlefield again. Soldiers who had been honored in the United States were not allowed to go to the front, but Basilone continued to apply until the military agreed.
On December 27, 1943, he went on a training camp with the troops, where he also met his wife, a female warrior who adored him, and the two soon fell in love, married on July 10, 1944, and spent their honeymoon on the farm of his wife Linna's family. On February 19, 1945, the Battle of Iwo Jima began, he served as a platoon leader, led the attack on Beach Ii, in order to eliminate the enemy's fire point, he advanced alone, and then went to support the position of Airfield One, but was forced to be killed by shelling, and the Americans named him after him on a destroyer in his honor.
Reference: "One man and two machine guns repelled 3,000 Japanese troops in 48 hours"