Marines Remember, One Man Army “Manila John” Gunnery Sgt. Basilone

Gunnery Sgt. Basilone By Cpl. Clinton Firstbrook | For more than 70 years Marines have heard about the legendary acts of Gunnery Sgt. John “Manila” Basilone. In the steaming jungles of Guadalcanal, two sections of heavy .30-caliber machine guns at the Tenaru River were in charge of defending a narrow pass to Henderson Airfield in …