The US Marine who fought with a GUN made from 3 GUNS!

In 1945, Tony Stein would take part in the bloody amphibious landing at Iwo Jima.
He was one of only a handful of Marines to be issued with the new experimental modified 'Stinger' machine gun.

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Credit:
Created by Daniel Turner

Writer:
Conan White

Narrator:

Chris Kane

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Sources:

Hallas, James H., Uncommon Valor on Iwo Jima: The Stories of the Medal of Honor Recipients in the Marine Corps' Bloodiest Battle of World War II, Rowman & Littlefield, 2016

Iwo Jima
By Eric M. Hammel

The Six Marine Divisions in the Pacific: Every Campaign of World War II
By George B. Clark

[James-rgjs]

"They were taught to fire the machine guns in short bursts"

Stein: *No*

[minatozakisana]

Marines were told to fire the stinger in short round bursts

Tony Stein: So anyway I started blasting

[PSSA-zqjy]

"If guns won't work, use more guns"


-engineer

[gmork]

"Wow, nice gun. What is it?"
"Guns."
"What?"
"Yes."

[SomeBody-rmhf]

That's right, in America, our guns have guns, and those guns have guns.

[zachdurocher]

Stein was so cool that his gun never overheated

[santoslittlehelper]

"What are you drawing, Nelson?"
"It's a gun made out of guns, that shoots guns."

[yyyyyb]

This is the most American thing I’ve ever read

[EXTR]

Him: *"Ah yes, The gun here is made out of guns"*

[GaspardFR]

Everybody: "Rambo is so unrealistic movie"
Stein: *exist

[hotrod]

When your customized gun is shown in the game's cutscene

[hzusrsk]

Tony Steins mind: "I am yet to see one who can outsmart bullet."

[greybayles]

"There are no stinger MGs left today"
Ian McCollum: "Hey guys look at this cool gun i found"

[talonobrovacgorgon]

"TONY STEIN BUILT THIS IN A CAVE... WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS"

[roguegen]

US Army: the battlefield is not a designated testing zone.

US Marines: we built this new gun. Wanna go test it against some Japanese troops?

[Benjamin_ireland]

What a brave honorable man. Damn shame his life ended so soon. R.I.P Tony Stein, you honorable soldier.

[baddog]

Customer: I found this Stinger when I was on holidays in Iwo Jima, whats it worth?
Rick from Pawn Stars : I'll give you a dollar, I'm taking all the risk here.

[d_chesser]

"If it don't work, use more gun."
-Engie

[latewizard]

"no stinger is believed to exist today"


Ian: *Hol Up*

[briankrahn]

Semper Fi, Marine, you've earned your rest.