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<blockquote data-quote="HOSS" data-source="post: 1026458" data-attributes="member: 1863"><p>Good family friend was a frogman in WW2. He was also on Okinawa and Iwo. On Okinawa he was bayoneted in the neck by a Japanese Imperial Marine. The tip of the bayonet broke off in his neck and stayed there until he died in 1996. He killed the Japanese marine with his tommy gun and passed out from blood loss. A US Marine picked him up and was carrying him toward the beach when they were machine gunned. It killed the Marine and our friend took two bullets through the hips. Another Marine picked him up and continued to carry him when the Japanese threw a grenade. Our friend took a bunch of shrapnel in the back which protected the marine carrying him. They made it to the beach where they thought he was dead and placed him with the other dead marines. It wasn't until they were wrapping him up for removal that they discovered that he was alive. The stories that he had about battles in the Philippines, Iwo and Okinawa were amazing. There were only some 3,000 frogmen in WW2. They were the forerunners of the current Navy SEALS.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HOSS, post: 1026458, member: 1863"] Good family friend was a frogman in WW2. He was also on Okinawa and Iwo. On Okinawa he was bayoneted in the neck by a Japanese Imperial Marine. The tip of the bayonet broke off in his neck and stayed there until he died in 1996. He killed the Japanese marine with his tommy gun and passed out from blood loss. A US Marine picked him up and was carrying him toward the beach when they were machine gunned. It killed the Marine and our friend took two bullets through the hips. Another Marine picked him up and continued to carry him when the Japanese threw a grenade. Our friend took a bunch of shrapnel in the back which protected the marine carrying him. They made it to the beach where they thought he was dead and placed him with the other dead marines. It wasn't until they were wrapping him up for removal that they discovered that he was alive. The stories that he had about battles in the Philippines, Iwo and Okinawa were amazing. There were only some 3,000 frogmen in WW2. They were the forerunners of the current Navy SEALS. [/QUOTE]
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