John Basilone

John Basilone fascinates me precisely because he started with his fists. A boxer from Buffalo who became the only enlisted Marine of World War II to earn both the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross, he embodies a kind of courage I find almost unimaginable. What moves me most is not the medals but the choice to return to the front after surviving Guadalcanal, only to fall at Iwo Jima. Plenty of people would have stayed safe. He did not. I hold that quiet, self-sacrificing resolve in deep respect, and his story stays with me.

Name (English)

John Basilone

Name (Japanese)

ジョン・バジロン

Reading

じょん・ばじろん

Born

November 4, 1916 – February 19, 1945

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Dragon

Origin

Buffalo, New York, United States

Occupation

boxer / military personnel

Awards & achievements

• Medal of Honor
• Purple Heart
• Navy Cross
• 2011 New Jersey Hall of Fame

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Basilone
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%82%B8%E3%83%AD%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q366725

Tags

• New York
• boxer
• military personnel

Last updated

2026-06-17

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