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Word: sangagai (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Down on the Jap garrison at Sangagai swooped two Marine detachments. One party, moving along the beach, struck the Japs just at mealtime (2 p.m.-the Japs did not observe daylight saving.) Said The Brute: "The Nips immediately scampered into the mountains and met head on with our [other] force coming down. They put up a very nice fight but made the mistake of trying one of those banzai charges . . . our machine guns just chopped them to pieces. One of our men lost the tripod of his machine gun. He picked it up like one of those Victor McLaglen movies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy - MARINES: The Brute & Co. | 11/22/1943 | See Source »

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