RE: Two Israeli Embassy Workers Assassinated Outside D.C. Jewish Museum
May 25, 2025 at 12:27 pm
(This post was last modified: May 25, 2025 at 12:36 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
17th of May, 1944, Lone Tree Hill.
The 158th infantry, Bushmasters, largely comprised of hispanic and native soldiers from arizona and specialists in jungle warfare, are charged with assaulting the command post of the very well trained japanese infantry forces holding a steep sloped 175ft tall overwatch of Maffin Bay. They fought for a month, it went to hand to hand combat. Their retreat was eventually ordered and 10 days later fresh faced troops took the hill and the glory. 1200 casualties overall. The japanese infantry division had been utterly destroyed, 4k casualties, the remaining 2k no longer a threat to allied forces, many trapped in now collapsed caves, and would soon become pows. Not satisfied with resting on their laurels, the surviving members of the 158th would then engage in an amphibious assault which broke the back of the japanese supply lines to indonesia. Maffin Bay became the staging area for Biak, Noemfoor, Sansapoor, Leyte, and Luzon, the liberation of the phillipines. They were then tapped for the invasion of the japanese mainland itself.
Edward Martinez, a 158th vet with two bronze stars, when asked about his friends who lost their lives securing our victory in the pacific said "Well, that's life I guess. We gotta keep defending freedom". Their motto? Cuidado! Take Care.
The 158th infantry, Bushmasters, largely comprised of hispanic and native soldiers from arizona and specialists in jungle warfare, are charged with assaulting the command post of the very well trained japanese infantry forces holding a steep sloped 175ft tall overwatch of Maffin Bay. They fought for a month, it went to hand to hand combat. Their retreat was eventually ordered and 10 days later fresh faced troops took the hill and the glory. 1200 casualties overall. The japanese infantry division had been utterly destroyed, 4k casualties, the remaining 2k no longer a threat to allied forces, many trapped in now collapsed caves, and would soon become pows. Not satisfied with resting on their laurels, the surviving members of the 158th would then engage in an amphibious assault which broke the back of the japanese supply lines to indonesia. Maffin Bay became the staging area for Biak, Noemfoor, Sansapoor, Leyte, and Luzon, the liberation of the phillipines. They were then tapped for the invasion of the japanese mainland itself.
Edward Martinez, a 158th vet with two bronze stars, when asked about his friends who lost their lives securing our victory in the pacific said "Well, that's life I guess. We gotta keep defending freedom". Their motto? Cuidado! Take Care.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
