167 - John Basilone
The WW2 Podcast
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Baselun's Medal of Honor
Baselun was the first Marine enlisted to be put in for the metal and Guadalcan now. He basically wiped out a company, you know, probably around 150, 200 guys with his machine guns. The next night about five miles away on a place called Coleridge, Mitchell Page did the exact same thing Baselun was doing. But why is Page kind of overshadowed by Baselun?
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