When the Marines were cut off behind enemy lines and the Army had - TopicsExpress

When the Marines were cut off behind enemy lines and the Army had written the 1st Marine Division off as being lost because they were surrounded by 22 enemy divisions. The Marines made it out inflicting the highest casualty ratio on an enemy in history and destroying 7 entire enemy divisions in the process. An enemy division is 16500+ men while a Marine division is 12500 men. "They are a damn site better than the U.S. Army, at least we know that they will be there in the morning." Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller when a journalist asked him about being surrounded by 22. enemy divisions