This pistol was invented by John Browning and placed into production in 1911. No one can dispute the popularity and durability of the 1911A1. The battle would go on for a total of 15 hours. Six more Japs running right at him….pop…pop…pop….pop…. He took deliberate aim and shot another officer. Seth was prepared for this by having many more magazines of. The Winchester 230-grain ball was hard hitting knocking the recipients backwards or spinning them around. When the Japs reached within 15 yards, he was out of 30-06 ammo so he pulled his beloved Singer and started shooting the closest ones. The machinegun barrels and mortar tubes became so hot from panicky constant use they ceased to work. The stink of powder, sweat, blood and burning flesh permeated his very beaning. There were hundreds of Japs and they were falling like hay before the cycle.Īs Jap bodies piled up in front of him, they kept on coming straight at the line stomping on their fallen comrades. There were no five to eight round standard bursts. Within a split second the two machinegun nests opened up with continuous fire. Seth opened up and shot two Jap officers from the get-go. He could see the gleam of the Japanese officer’s swords swirling over their heads. Marine Star-shells burst over their heads which illuminated the crazed Japs. Just then a human wave burst out of the darkness. He fixed the bayonet to his new M1 Grand. As the sound came closer, they could hear the word “Banzai”! He readied himself with ammo and grenades placed within easy reach. There were 30 Marines in this gap.Ĭhills went up the spine of Seth as he began to hear what sounded like thousands of people screaming. Their job was to protect the flanks of two separate machinegun nests. He was a little alarmed so he slapped the legs of the sleeping Marines on either side of him. At 04:30 hrs., he began to hear sporadic gun fire up and down the line.

The 2 nd Marines were nearly nose to nose with the Japs, maybe 600 yards apart at the most. His section of the defensive line was called Harakiri Gulch. He has been in the 2nd Marines for more than two years. He chuckled to himself about how he managed, with some shadiness, to bring this 1911A1 along with him. He would carry this very same Singer 1911A1 into Guadalcanal where he experienced baptism under fire. He qualified with the Springfield bolt action and a Singer 1911A1. After he graduated “Boot” and “SOI” Seth was assigned to the 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force. Saipan was 1,463 miles from Tokyo and 6,941 miles back to Newton, Kansas. It is early morning 7 July 1944, and he was wondering what was a boy from Kansas doing in the jungles of Saipan. He had been on this stinking Island, not counting this morning, for 21 days. Seth set in his firing position staring west into the darkness.

When They Went to War, They Carried A Powerful Handgun The 1911A1, in combat, was a prized weapon to carry

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