Ltc Merritt Edson (1st Marine Raider Battalion) Battle of Lunga Ridge, Guadalcanal 12-13SEPT1942
12-13SEPT1942: Commanding the 1st Marine Raider Battalion, Ltc Merritt Edson learned of a coming attack against the US lines. Anticipating that it would come near an area known as Lunga Ridge, he pe...
22 Feb 202130min
Pvt Al Schmid (2/1 Marines, 1st Marine Division) Battle of the Tenaru, Guadalcanal 21AUG1942
21AUG1942: Serving in a machine gun section on Guadalcanal, Pvt Al Schmid and his team were called forward when word spread of an expected Japanese attack. Schmid, suffering from a foot infection he ...
18 Feb 202121min
Pfc. Edward Ahrens (1st Raider BN, 1st Marine Division) Battle of Tulagi, 07AUG1943
07AUG1942: Landing with A Co of the 1st Raider BN, Pfc Edward Ahrens was at the tip of the spear of the Allied offensive in the Pacific. While his fellow 1st Division Marines landed across the channe...
15 Feb 202125min
LTC James Rudder (2nd Ranger BN) Point Du Hoc, D-Day 06JUN1944
06JUN1944: Leading what many thought to be a suicide mission, LTC James Rudder and the men of the 2nd Ranger Battalion headed towards Pointe Du Hoc. Allied planners expected a battery of 155mm canno...
11 Feb 202124min
CPT Ralph Goranson (C Co. 2nd Rangers) Charlie Sector, Omaha Beach 06JUN1944
06JUN1944: Tasked with clearing German defenses in the Charlie Sector of Omaha Beach, CPT Ralph Goranson and C Company of the 2nd Ranger BN headed to shore. Told by LTC James Rudder that his was the ...
8 Feb 202116min
A/116th at Dog Green on Omaha Beach (06JUN1944)
06JUN1944: Set to land in the first wave, A Company of the 116th Infantry Regiment was tasked with taking the critical D-1 draw in the Dog Green sector of Omaha Beach. The draw was the only paved exi...
4 Feb 202126min
BG Norman Cota (29th ID) Dog White Sector, Omaha Beach 06JUN1944
06JUN1944: Coming ashore with the second wave, BG Norman Cota landed in the Dog White sector of Omaha Beach on D-Day. Rather than staying back and coordinating from the ships, Cota wanted to be fron...
1 Feb 202120min
2LT John Spalding (E/2-16 IN, 1st ID) Easy Red Sector, Omaha Beach D-Day 06JUN1944
06JUN1944: Headed towards Easy Red sector on Omaha Beach, 2LT John Spalding and his men were dropped 200 yards offshore. Wading ashore under fire, Spalding led his men to the relative cover just of...
28 Jan 202123min
