Japanese Couldn't Believe Him Holding the hill Alone — Until He Wiped Out 34 Infantry

GI War Files

#AmericanSoldierStories #UntoldWarStories #WorldWarII February 21, 1945. On Iwo Jima’s Hill 362A, Private Harold Gonsalves faced a choice no Marine wanted to make. His platoon pulled back under heavy Japanese fire, but he stayed behind with one machine gun and a ridge that could not be abandoned.