He would get scant chance to fight again. Manson was killed on the second day of the battle of Saipan as he went to the aid of a machine gun crew that had been incapacitated to a man. Shrapnel from a Japanese shell hit him in the head and side, killing him instantly.
He would get scant chance to fight again. Manson was killed on the second day of the battle of Saipan as he went to the aid of a machine gun crew that had been incapacitated to a man. Shrapnel from a Japanese shell hit him in the head and side, killing him instantly.
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