The black sheep usually doesn't follow the crowd because every once in a while, the crowd is literally going the wrong way in mass

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 The black sheep usually doesn't follow the crowd because every once in a while, the crowd is literally going the wrong way in mass   The black sheep usually doesn't follow the crowd because every once in a while, the crowd is literally going the wrong way in mass  It takes a black sheep to stand out and say, 'Hey, I think we're headed off a cliff here!' They may be labeled as outcasts or rebels, but in reality, they're the ones who are brave enough to challenge the status quo and forge their own path. Let's celebrate the black sheep in our lives - the ones who inspire us to think differently, to question the norms, and to embrace our individuality.
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Dead Marines after the battle of Tarawa on Red 1 beach.

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 Dead Marines after the battle of Tarawa on Red 1 beach.


This one always stuck with me. Dead Marines after the battle of Tarawa on Red 1 beach. There were three main sectors of battle. Red beaches 1, 2 and 3. Appropriate names, I guess.

 They all ran red with American blood. Note the two Marines sitting on what looks like a wrecked Sherman tank to me. And I think I count 4 or 5 others milling about on the beach. Probably part of the crew that has to pick up the bodies. 

Bodies decomposing in the hot tropical sun will get very bad very quickly. I won’t go into detail on that. I’m sure they got them picked up as soon as they could.

1009 United States Marines died with over 2000 wounded in 72 hours on the Japanese held Island of Betio in the Tarawa Island atoll in the Gilbert chain. A porkchop shaped island of only 381 acres. About 5000 Japanese died.

 Only 17 were taken prisoner. And most of those were too wounded to kill themselves. Suicide is considered an honorable death to the Japanese. Especially in warfare. Surrender was not in the Japanese vocabulary and is considered a disgrace to the empire which is a good part of the reason the Japanese treated POWs so terribly.

 The Japanese boasted that Tarawa could not be taken by a million men in 100 years. The marines took it in 72 hours but at a terrible cost.

Admiral Shibasaki boasted to his troops, "a million Americans couldn't take Tarawa in 100 years." His optimism was forgivable. The island was the most heavily defended atoll that ever would be invaded by Allied forces in the Pacific.

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