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Hpara759

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  1. I remember he was in a couple of sprawling epics...
  2. I'm liking it so far...
  3. Glad you asked...so I wouldn't have to
  4. read somewhere the life expectancy of a WW2 flamethrower was 4-5 minutes Hershel Williams: Last living WW2 Medal of Honor recipient Medal of Honor action[edit] Williams' next and final campaign was at the Battle of Iwo Jima, where he distinguished himself with actions "above and beyond the call of duty", for which he would be awarded the Medal of Honor. On February 21, 1945, he landed on the beach with the 1st Battalion, 21st Marines. Williams, by then a corporal, distinguished himself two days later when American tanks, trying to open a lane for infantry, encountered a network of reinforced concrete pillboxes.[6] Pinned down by machine gun fire, his company commander asked one of his men to attach a high explosive charge to a pole and, supported by Williams, his flamethrower and several Marine riflemen, shoved the improvised weapon into an opening in the enemy's pillbox. As they fought their way to the pillbox, all of the men, except Williams, became casualties. Undeterred, Williams arrived at the first pillbox, shoved the flamethrower nozzle into the pillbox opening and fired the weapon, killing all of the soldiers inside. He then returned five times to his company area, refueled his weapon, and moved forward to destroy the remaining pillboxes.[3][9][6][7] Harry Truman congratulates Hershel Williams on being awarded the Medal of Honor, October 5, 1945 Covered by only four riflemen, he fought for four hours under terrific enemy small-arms fire and repeatedly returned to his own lines to prepare demolition charges and obtain serviced flame throwers. He returned to the front, frequently to the rear of hostile emplacements, to wipe out one position after another.[6] At one point, a wisp of smoke alerted him to the air vent of a Japanese bunker, and he approached close enough to put the nozzle of his flamethrower through the hole, killing the occupants.[7] On another occasion, he was charged by enemy riflemen who attempted to stop him with bayonets and he killed them with a burst of flame from his weapon.[9][6] Williams said that much of the action "is just a blank. I have no memory."[10] These actions occurred on the same day that two flags were raised on Mount Suribachi, and Williams, about one thousand yards away from the volcano, was able to witness the event.[11][7] He fought through the remainder of the five-week-long battle even though he was wounded on March 6 in the leg by fragmentation, for which he was awarded the Purple Heart.[6] In September 1945, he returned to the United States, and on October 1 he joined Marine Corps Headquarters in Washington, D.C. He and thirteen other servicemen were presented the Medal of Honor by President Harry S. Truman on October 5, 1945, at the White House.[6] On October 22, 1945, he was transferred to the Marine Barracks, Naval Training Center Bainbridge, Maryland, for discharge. He was honorably discharged from the Marine Corps Reserve on November 6, 1945.[citation needed
  5. And a POS criminal... But anybody can change....right?
  6. Hpara759

    Getting old sucks

    Maybe we need to find a plastic's guy that can do a scrotal lift ?
  7. obviously you don't get around the rest of this board much...do you?
  8. Hpara759

    Getting old sucks

    anybody else notice the older you get, the more your ball sack itches?
  9. Good for them....hope it works out
  10. I grew up drinking the same....nothing better than having water coming straight out of the ground from a Minneapolis Moline engine and 10" pipe
  11. I'm agreeing with your post...if Witt was healthy we have at least 6 more wins and still in Omaha
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