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While the enemy was hammering at the Marines' defensive positions, Sgt. Basilone, in charge of two sections of heavy machine guns, fought valiantly to check the savage and determined assault. In a fierce frontal attack with the Japanese blasting his guns with grenades and mortar fire, one of Sgt. Basilone's sections, with its guncrews, was put out of action, leaving only two men able to carry on.
WHO WAS JOHN BASILONE? Article published in San Diego Union-Tribune on October 17, 2012: A bronze bust of Gunnery Sergeant Basilone sits in a plaza named after him in the Little Italy area of San Diego. A road at the north end of Camp Pendleton bears his name.
A popular WWII hero known as "Manila John", Basilone refused a commission as an officer and reluctantly went on a war bond drive after his Medal of Ho...
John Basilone (født 4. november 1916 i Buffalo i New York, død 19. februar 1945 på Iwo Jima) var en gunnery sergeant i U.S. Marine Corps, og den eneste marineinfanterist som både mottok Medal of Honor og Navy Cross i andre verdenskrig.
ジョン・バジロン（英語: John Basilone 、1916年 11月4日 - 1945年 2月19日）は、アメリカ合衆国の海兵隊員。. アメリカ陸軍に入隊しフィリピンに赴任した後1940年に海兵隊に入隊し、訓練の後キューバ・グアンタナモ湾を経てソロモン諸島 ガダルカナルに配属された。
During her time there she met John Basilone, a Marine and the first United States decorated World War II hero. They were married on July 7, 1944 and spent some time together before John returned to the South Pacific. He was killed on February 19, 1945 in an exchange of heavy gunfire on Iwo Jima.
John Basilone was the child of Italian immigrants, born November 1916 in Buffalo, New York. John joined the Army shortly after turning 18 and was shipped out to the Philippines where the US was winding down a decades-long occupation of the islands.
