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Mensaje: <blockquote data-quote="emilioteles" data-source="post: 1684820" data-attributes="member: 3144">Nick Dalphonse and Robert 'Plug' O'Neil were cooks for the 23rd US Marine Regiment, 4th Marines Division, on Iwo Jima.20th of February 1945 (D-Day+1)They had barely landed and the unit was constantly pinned down by enemy artillery, mortar, and machine-gun fire. A fellow soldier lost his composure and started popping off little bursts in all directions until O'Neil took his rifle. "It wasn't bad enough that we could hardly move and then one of our leaders starts firing shots all over the place. We had to take his rifle from him."Not much after that, they found themselves under attack. They were concerned with the numbers of Japanese soldiers coming at them and noticed their 0.50 caliber machine gun had been taken out by enemy fire. The fire fights toward the front were intense and the machine gun seemed like the better option than the M1."They were in and on us. We were fighting and men were falling. At some point we noticed they had taken out our machine gun. The M1 was a good rifle and I know what they will teach you about shooting, but there will be nights when you go to sleep pretty sore. I swear we could pop guys off from behind the trees that were on those islands. We figured the only way we were coming off of that island was behind the machine gun, and just decided that it may as well be us. We moved the men and started firing that gun. The shells we were firing were half inch diameter. We were in a pretty good fight and lost a lot of good men there. Afterwards, we took it the rest of the way taking turns at it.One evening we were firing the machine gun and that baby kept getting pretty hot.They just kept coming at us. All I can tell you is we were lucky our division was bringing along spare barrels."They also helped in repulsing several Banzai attacks that occurred toward the end of operations on the island. O'Neil and Dalphonse were machine gunners for the better part of the operation.Nick also cornered a Japanese officer as they made their way through the brush. He ended up with his rifle on him. O'Neil was scanning flicking his eye toward his buddy. Nick said it seemed like forever, but he could see that the soldier was of some rank and thought he should be taken back for questioning. So they took him back to their field leader.On Iwo Jima, heavy fire started as they made their way up the beach. O'Neil was hit by mortar fire and Nick bandaged and helped O'Neil back to the boat that would take him to the hospital ship."There were shells flying all over the place and all of a sudden I saw 'Plug' running back with both hands on his face," he added. "So I grabbed him, seen he was hit and took him back to the landing craft."Staff Sgt. Dalphonse ended up taking charge of the remaining men after losing their platoon leader.Bob O'Neil account:A mortar blast flipped him into the air, shredding his head and face.He remembered spitting out blood and teeth as Nick Dalphonse crudely bandaged his head and helped him back to the shoreline to catch a boat to a hospital ship. Along the way, a Marine photographer snapped a picture of Dalphonse supporting his wounded, towering buddy.Bob O'Neil's wife, Betty, said her husband once told her how angry he was at being photographed at that moment. She recalled, "He said, 'My head is killing me and this guy's taking my picture?' That's why his hand is clenched in the picture."(The photographer was Corporal Eugene Jones, also of the 4th Division.)Robert O'Neil died in 2002 aged 78Nick Dalphonse aged 91 in 2014 (and may still alive today)(Colourised by Johhny Sirlande from Belgium)<img src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10351000_616152458514550_6246563451142688557_n.jpg?oh=2f5549f70ffdac317c663f2b2ca95944&oe=54D2DDED&__gda__=1426386773_861c6dab326886bbd18bce754ffb4684" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />PD:Photographer Cpl. Eugene Jones (left) and his twin brother, both on Iwo Jima.<img src="https://scontent-b-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/10500562_616161988513597_3634515552553437069_n.png?oh=2334a38c629498c2c6267089797c8f50&oe=5500F896" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

Verificación: Libertador de Argentina