![]() His drill instructor at boot camp was, as Joseph puts it, “God-like” in his authority over his men. When he turned 18, he enlisted in the Marine Corps, and was sent to boot camp at Parris Island. As he was 17 at the time, he needed his parents’ consent, which they refused to give. When Pearl Harbor was attacked, Joseph was at his cousin’s apartment on Oliver Street, when they heard, over the radio, that Japan had attacked Pearl Harbor. They would hike across the George Washington Bridge to Fort Lee, where they would pitch their tents and set up their camp. ![]() For their summer camp, each scout would pay 25 cents for a week of camping. The troop, run by Dominican nuns, at the Madonna House, was very poor. He joined the Boy Scouts in 1937, in a troop in Lower Manhattan, near the Fulton Fish Market. He grew up on the Lower East Side on Cherry Street. Joseph Torraca was born in New York City April 19, 1924, the son of a chief electrical inspection engineer for the City. On December 8, 1941, the United States was at war. The attack took the lives of over 2,000 seamen, and wounded over 1000 more. The Japanese destroyed over 300 planes and 20 navy vessels, including sinking the battleship USS Arizona. Lasting only a few hours, the attack was a devastating blow to the proud Pacific Fleet. On December 7, 1941, “A date which will live in infamy,” hundreds of Japanese planes carried out a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. This would mean attacking United States naval bases in the Philippines, and Pearl Harbor, Hawaii to protect Japan’s navy. In search of iron and oil, the Japanese decided to invade Southeast Asia. The United States promptly placed an embargo on Japanese goods, a boycott that could have resulted in a large blow to the Japanese economy. In search of resources, Japan invaded the French colony of Indo-China in 1941. In that same year, Japan had signed a treaty with Germany and Italy. After the battle, Conlin earns the Silver Star from an impressed Edson and is promoted to Corporal.Īfter The Battle of Bloody Ridge, Conlin and his squad scout the Lunga River and the swamps, coming across and wiping out Japanese patrols scouting the area.Īfter the Lunga River battles, Conlin and his squad embark on a mission to Kokumbona Village and the surrounding area, to destroy the Japanese Artillery shelling Henderson Airfield and to finally end the struggle for Guadalcanal.In 1940, the war on the European continent had been raging on for a full year, with Hitler’s armies sweeping across the continent. They are first deployed to defend Henderson Field and the surrounding area against a Japanese attack, cleaning out Japanese artillery emplacements and blunting several attacks and culminating in a push to re-take the Airfield Here, the Japanese nearly succeeding but are eventually driven off.Īfter securing Henderson Airfield, the squad participates in the massive Battle of Bloody Ridge, where they defend a strategically placed hill near the Airfield from a Japanese surprise attack at night. The squad is reassigned to the 1st Marine Raider Battalion under Colonel Edson and deployed to Guadalcanal. Guadalcanal is the fourth mission in Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault.Īfter the Makin Atoll raid, Minoso is promoted to Gunnery Sergeant and now commands Conlin, Willy and Sullivan.
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