Sergeant Robert Allen Owens and his fellow Marines hit the sand hard at Cape Torokina in 1943, engulfed in the ferocity of a brutal landing in the Pacific. Digging in swiftly, they took refuge in a trench carved out under fire. Owens’ eyes bore witness to a grim scene: his comrades being ruthlessly cut down aboard their landing crafts by unseen Japanese fire.
Marooned on this unforgiving beach, Owens and the handful of survivors faced a stark reality. They were isolated, with no ground gained and no hope of reinforcements. The enemy, concealed yet precise, operated a fortified artillery position with lethal efficiency. A hidden Type 94 75-millimeter mountain gun, strategically positioned on a cliff, had already obliterated four Allied landing crafts and damaged ten more. The Marines, shell-shocked and outnumbered, found themselves powerless to strike back at this devastating weapon.
As their situation spiraled toward defeat, with US commanders weighing a retreat, Owens made a reckless and heroic decision. He rallied four volunteers for a daring assault on the enemy artillery. This was no calculated maneuver; it was a raw, desperate charge borne out of necessity and courage, the only shot at silencing the enemy gun.
Shots echoed across Cape Torokina; time stood still. The artillery gun rumbled. The fate of Operation Cherry Blossom now rested squarely on the shoulders of Owens and his men…
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Owen's Courageous actions were those of a Amazing MAN AND MARINE !
The Japanese soldiers in bunker: WHAT?!!!!!!!!!!!!!😮
An epic battle!
If the Japanese had deployed more of these gun emplacements in that zone they would’ve held off the marines and thwarted the attack for sure!
Semper Fi!
The Coastwatchers were set up by Australia they comprised people who lived on these islands they stayed behind when the Japs invaded. They were not agents they were made members of the Royal Australian Naval Reserve. Later they were supplemented by NZ personal. You seem to have forgotten that Australian forces were left to clear the island when the Yanks packed up and left. Australia lost hundreds. There was more to the island war than yanks
He used the term "volunteers", when i was in the Corps, in 1960-1970's, that was a term that we were told is not in the Marine Corps manual. We were constantly told that you never volunteer for anything, you just do your job the way you were taught. Sorry his family for their sacrifices and loss of their loved one. A Marine doing what he was taught to do.
Love the footage of engineers and seabees at work
Another example of Marine Corps training and leadership. Semper Fi.
How about some maps showing the battle?
Stinkt das Zimmer so ähnlich wie Kaffee? Ist die low life scums Harassement Abteilung Pattaya am Werk
Trump called Owen’s and men like him “suckers and losers.” How anyone could vote for this coward is beyond comprehension.
whoever wrote the narration for this must write infomercials