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“We received in a couple of hundred yards in in the Beach front then the Japanese opened fireplace on us,” stated Al "Duke" Dellaera, an 18-12 months-outdated Marine with 1st Maritime Division at time, recalling an assault while in the early days on the invasion. “We ended up ambushed, definitely surprised. All I observed was particles slippi