Basilone has a section of Interstate 5 named for him
by Son of Galway (2024-04-04 12:02:16)

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It is in the area of Camp Pendleton in northern San Diego county, southern Orange County in California.

He was the most interesting part of The Pacific.

Good to hear. This is his statue on main road into Raritan,
by Moff  (2024-04-04 13:07:36)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

his home town. Must have passed it a 1,000 times, so was nice to see his story in The Pacific.
Some more info about him and photos from the Raritan folks (link)
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