Mystery- The Haunted Town Of St. Nazianz, WI

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Mystery- The Haunted Town Of St. Nazianz, WI St. Nazians was founded by a priest who wholeheartedly believed to helped cursed the town. Over the years, the town has been hit with natural disasters and unexplained phenomena. Father Ambrose Oschwald was fled to Wisconsin in 1854 from religious persecution. The Roman Catholic Church had suspended him from his duties due to “mystical, prophetic, and heretical works.” Already, the scary history of the town is starting to make sense! Oddly enough, the congregation followed him. Once they got to Wisconsin, a “divine white heifer” lead them to the site of his new home which would become St. Nazianz. The community actually thrived. They titled themselves “The Association” and created an entirely functional society. Tragically, Father Oschwald became sick in 1873. Anton Still, a loyal follower, stayed with Father Osc...

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


 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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