5000 Man Japanese Banzai Charge vs 1 Soldier with 8 Bullets Left

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Get your special offer for MagellanTV here: https://try.magellantv.com/darkdocs. It's an exclusive offer for our viewers! Start your free trial today. MagellanTV is a new kind of streaming service run by filmmakers with 3,000+ documentaries! Check out our personal recommendations here: https://www.magellantv.com/explore/hi... • One of the Pacific Theatre's most brutal battles during World War II was the conquest of the island of Saipan in the summer of 1944. • Part of Operation Forager, the Battle of Saipan was a US offensive against Japanese ground and naval garrisons stationed in the Mariana, Palau, and Caroline islands. • Sergeant Thomas Alexander Baker, a young soldier of the 105th Infantry Regiment, 27th Infantry Division, was part of the American forces that faced intense fire and ambushes as they advanced towards the island’s center. • Fatally wounded after American forces successfully repelled a 5,000-strong Japanese counterattack, Sergeant Baker asked to be left behind. The battalion was running out of ammunition, and he was not willing to risk other soldiers’ lives for his own. • Baker knew his time had come, and was ready to embrace it with a heroic last stand. He asked his comrades to lay him down near a tree to hold back the incoming Japanese. With no ammo left to share, one of his friends gave him a pistol with eight rounds. • As US forces later returned to the battle scene, they witnessed firsthand the fighting spirit of the American warrior... • As images and footage of actual events are not always available, Dark Docs sometimes utilizes similar historical images and footage for dramatic effect. I do my best to keep it as visually accurate as possible. All content on Dark Docs is researched, produced, and presented in historical context for educational purposes. We are history enthusiasts and are not always experts in some areas, so please don't hesitate to reach out to us with corrections, additional information, or new ideas. -

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