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Spouse (s) Lena Mae Riggi. . ( m. 1944) . John Basilone (November 4, 1916 – February 19, 1945) was a United States Marine Corps gunnery sergeant who received the Medal of Honor for actions during the Battle for Henderson Field in the Guadalcanal campaign, and the Navy Cross posthumously for extraordinary heroism during the Battle of Iwo Jima.
Oct 22, 2020 · Basilone was smack in the middle of it. John Basilone awarded the Medal of Honor 1943. During Oct. 24-25 in 1942, the Marines faced a frontal assault from over 3,000 Japanese troops of the Sendai Division. The Japanese, probably World War II’s best jungle fighters, attacked in typical Samurai fashion.
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Born on November 4, 1916 in Ruritan, New Jersey, Basilone was the six of ten children in an Italian family and would grow up as a tough young man. Just before his 18th birthday, Basilone enlisted in the U.S. Army and served in the Philippines as an infantryman from 1934 to 1937. He would become known as “ Manila John ” due to his Army ...
Feb 10, 2010 · But outside the Marines -- and Basilone’s hometown of Raritan, N.J., where an annual parade is held in his honor -- the story has long since faded into obscurity.
Banzai!” screamed the Japanese at the top of their lungs as they launched a ferocious night attack against Marines dug in on Guadalcanal. It was October 24, 1942, and the intensity of the Japanese assault in the darkness was terrifying. Through it all, however, Sgt. John Basilone—known as “Manila John”—his fellow Marines gave him that ...
The family returned to Raritan in 1918, as Buffalo averages 89 inches of snow each year as compared to New Jersey's 25 inches and 50 more days of sun. The Basilone's were back home near the big extended Italian family. Basilone grew up in the nearby Raritan Town (now a Borough of Raritan) where he attended St. Bernard Parochial School.
Apr 11, 2017 · John Basilone was born in 1916 in Buffalo, New York. His journey to war began as a soldier in the US Army in 1934. He was sent to the Philippines for his three-year enlistment service. While stationed in Manila, the man who loved to fight became a champion boxer. When his time in the Army ended, Basilone returned home only to discover civilian ...
