well, the tragedy and the heroism of it is
that he did not have to go back. New
Jersey's most famous Marine, John Basilone. He'd done
his duty. He'd come home every year the town
of Rare and hosts a parade for their native son
, who did not just Jersey but America proud.
There's a mighty New Jersey turn out to honor a
Marine who has been awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor
Heroism on Guadalcanal that was 1943. Base alone was
back in Rairden after being awarded the Medal of Honor
for what he did in the Pacific war saving fellow
Marines. There were 30,000 people there that day and
rare it, and he was home. The war
could have been over for him, but being a
Marine, he demanded to go back into the Pacific
fight. He demanded it. He died at Iwo
Jima. This day, 1945 His death was a
jolt to the whole state. Later this year,
a U S Navy destroyer named in his honor will
be christened. This is the latest picture we have
of construction from the shipyard up in Maine. It'll
be the second Navy ship to bear his name.
When it's finished, it will look like this.
The USS John Bass alone. A couple years from
now, it will be in the fleet, but
John Bass alone were forever Jersey proud.