Gen. Douglas MacArthur was said to have called them the "greatest combat team that ever deployed for battle." They were the Bushmasters, the 158th Regimental Combat Team. The Arizona National Guard formed the core of the group that was pressed into active duty in 1940. For their gallantry in World War II, they had an Arizona mountain peak named for them. The 4,100-foot Bushmasters Peak is near Gates Pass in the Tucson Mountains. On April 21, 1988, Manny Arriola, left, Chico Granillo and Guadalupe Lopez adjusted the sign near the peak, which honored their comrades who died in the Pacific Theater. Read more about the Bushmasters in Tales From the Morgue at go.azstarnet.com/morguetales. A.E. ARAIZA / ARIZONA DAILY STAR 1988