That Marine Fren, Bo
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Christian/Marine/Fren/Meme War 2016 Vet; We sew the seeds of frenship and reap forever.
🇺🇸 Most Badass Americans You Don’t Know: #6 Ben L. Salomon Ben L. Salomon is an American Badass He was a dentist. The Japanese banzai charge turned him into a machine gun. On July 7, 1944, during the Battle of Saipan in the Marianas Islands, Captain Ben L. Salomon was serving as the surgeon for the 2nd Battalion, 105th Infantry Regiment, 27th Infantry Division. His aid station sat just 50 yards behind the front lines. Thousands of fanatical Japanese troops unleashed a screaming banzai charge, smashing through the American lines and overrunning the aid station. Enemy troops burst into the aid tent and began bayoneting wounded Americans on the operating tables. Captain Salomon kicked the knife out of one attacker’s hand, shot another, and bayoneted a third. He then ordered every patient evacuated while he stayed behind alone. He took over a .30-caliber Browning M1917A1 machine gun and poured fire into the charging waves to cover the withdrawal. He never left his post. When American forces finally retook the position days later, they found Salomon’s body slumped over the gun. Piled in front of him were the bodies of 98 dead Japanese soldiers. His body had 76 bullet wounds and numerous bayonet wounds, of which 24 were determined to likely of been received while he was still alive. He bought his patients the time they needed to escape. He fought so others could live. It took the U.S. 58 years to finally award him the Medal of Honor in 2002. Ben L. Salomon is an American Legend 🇺🇸
