Marines: Bring Your Friends

On Guam, where Jap troops made futile suicidal counterattacks on advancing U.S. troops, the Marines printed and distributed the following handbills (according to last week's Army weekly, Yank):

Tonight

BANZAI CHARGE Thrills Chills Suspense

See Sake-Crazed

Japs Charge at High Port*

See Everybody Shoot Everybody

See the Cream of the Marine Corps

Play with Live Ammo

Sponsored by

The Athletic and Morale Office

Come Along and Bring a Friend

Don't Miss the Thrilling Spectacle of the

Banzai Charge, Starting at 10 p.m. and

Lasting All Night ADMISSION FREE

* High port: the cross-body position for holding a rifle in a bayonet position.

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