167 - John Basilone
The WW2 Podcast
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The Story of a Marine Running Out of Ammo
Barcelona had to go back and get ammunition at ammo points, about 150 yards back. He'd crawl, then you get to an open area, he'd run, then he'd crawl and he got all this ammunition. They said Basel was a pretty strong guy. And he didn't mention how many belts ammo I got, but they said, you know, he threw belts ammo on him. But anyways, he's made himself, they took him, they asked him how long they take, he said about 30 minutes. So the long he left him, him and three others in the bunker at that time.
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