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VICTORY’S SONS [ITTLE ycTew warriors were pressing in on the beleaguered K' •• ' Though nan after m»n d'rr~ d as the Ar'c*’cans pumped '< r *n thoif G.Tjnd-;. tha J>ps W many, f‘ crc on Guad sheet-jt. 1t !e- - a last stand ’or the Leithfrnecks. - Sergt. John Eas;,:-e, .weep- ing the ft Id w rn h's mach'ne . n D ip'** the slaughter his weapon was -r ig, tha so'diers of Nippon ca"e enwa-d. He felt that they wo-'d seen pet him. His only protection was a i:t4'e mound of earth. He needed a h'gher be'.dor if ho was going to s*ay in the fgit. Filing the bodies of 33 friends and ene- mies alike in*o a wo't, he crouched behind his gruesome barricade ard worked hii machine gun furiously. 'Whin his maga- glnes were empty, n seized an automatic and continued firi : Finally, the Japs wavered and sfoppe-i. 9 They don’t know just how many Besilon# killed, but this Italian boy from Raritan, N. J., was credifed with "playing a major •J-*4 part in tha destruction of an entire Jap c regiment." when he was awarded tha Con- *■ t^T gressional medal of honor.