KTVU Second Look June 16, 2014
Their citizenship. As they do every year, marine veterans of the battle of euagima return. 6,800 americans would die. More than 1,900 others would be wounded. In 2000, ktvus George Watson brought us this look back at the battle. What made this island dying for . The giant b29 bombers on their daily sortese over japan. 60,000 marines were sent ashore to get their regime. A fact the marines discovered as soon as they hit. The hail of fire was so heavy it was incredible. I mean bullets zipping by, snapped and popped as they broke the sound barrier. The crunch of the artillery. Youre almost numb. ...