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1. I remember my grand-father, who was on Peleliu, say that by the time the battle for the island was over it was basically flattened with few trees left standing.

2. My Father served with the 1st Marines at Peleliu. He never said much about, except how hot it was, how men called out for water due to the oppressive heat. The coral sand was such that one could not dig very deep to evade fire before the hole filled itself in again. The white coral behaved like a reflector oven, abrasive like rough sandpaper. Then of course there are the Japanese trying very hard and skillfully to kill you with mortars, machine guns, and grenades. The hard coral magnified the effect of explosions as additional shrapnel. My dad was 18 years old at the time. Hard to process in my head how young that was,to be sent to a killing ground at the bloom of one’s life.

   1. RS, I appreciate your compassionate perspective: “Hard to process in my head how young that was,to be sent to a killing ground at the bloom of one’s life.”

      Few people grasp the gravity of that.

      Carry on in grace

      1. Thank you. Same to you, Marine.

3. To say that the invasion of Pelelui was pointless, is not correct. It assumes that the Japanese knew that the US would not launch an attack from Peleliu. It also assumes that Japanese defensive decisions based on the fact that the US occupied Peleliu were not significant. Third, it downplays the US flexibility that was obtained from the extra airfield and potential base of operations. And finally, it ignores the potential problems of an enemy airfield on the US flank during an invasion of Philippines. Was is worth the cost? I don’t know. But it was not pointless.

   1. Yeah unnecessary might have been a better word but not pointless. There are few “pointless” maneuvers in a fight/battle/war.

4. Here he goes again… Joe Biden has confused Iraq and Iran. This man should never be allowed near the presidency.

   https://thenationalpulse.com/breaking/biden-iraq-iran/

   …and Kamala Harris must know this. Note her remark about a “Harris administration” and the words “together with Joe Biden”.

   https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2020/09/15/kamala-harris-accidentally-says-the-quiet-part-out-loud-n2576209

   Take note and VOTE for Donald J. Trump.

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