Marine recruiting Sgt. John Shough of Springfield holds the skull of a Japanese sniper who was killed on Guadalcanal during WWII.
Before the Japanese sniper was spotted tied high in a tree, he killed a young Marine who had gained quite a name for himself during the fighting.
To avenge his death, other Marines in his group beheaded the sniper, and upon his skull, painted the emblem of the 1st Marine Division and the American Flag.
Over 20 years later, the Marine Corps was trying to find someone who remembered the incident and who could name the unidentified Marine, in order to confer posthumously several medals to the young Marine. To date, no one remembered the Marine's name. (What's great about this..not a single mention or regard about the beheading by higher up...no talk of njps, political correctness, derailing careers or feelings...command was more determined to award the Marine who died in battle than to worry about some trophy. Different times gents.)
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