When Japanese Cut Off This American's Ear — He Killed All 41 of Them in 36 Minutes
Why Private John McKinney fought 100 Japanese soldiers alone during WW2 — and killed 41 of them in just 36 minutes. This World War 2 story reveals how one Georgia farm boy's hunting skills turned him into the Pacific's deadliest one-man army. May 11, 1945. Private John McKinney, Company A, 123rd Infantry Regiment, was resting in his tent near Dingalan Bay, Luzon. A Japanese sergeant slashed open the tent flap and cut off part of McKinney's ear with a sword. McKinney grabbed his M1 rifle and killed the attacker with the rifle butt. Then he saw them — approximately 100 Japanese soldiers pouring through the perimeter. Every instinct said run. Every rule said wait for backup. McKinney did neither. What this sharecropper's son from Georgia discovered that morning wasn't about military training. It was about survival instincts honed from a lifetime of hunting in ways that contradicted everything the Army taught. Armed with only his M1 rifle, McKinney fought wave after wave of enemy soldiers. Some he shot at point-blank range. Others he killed with his rifle butt in hand-to-hand combat. When reinforcements finally arrived, they couldn't believe what they found. The body count around McKinney's position would make him a legend — and change his life forever. 🔔 Subscribe for more untold WW2 stories: / @wwii-records 👍 Like this video if you learned something new 💬 Comment below: What other WW2 tactics should we cover? #worldwar2 #ww2history #ww2 #wwii #ww2records
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