Ping.
Writer has no clue what he's talking about.
The war would not have been lost but would have been extended another year..maybe two.
IF we'd lost Guadalcanal, more attention would have been shifted to the Pacific.
Our production would continue to ramp up and would not have begun to slow as it did in 1945.
The only way we were going to lose WWII was through lack of will.
We were a different country then.
Excellent read. Thanks for the periodic repost. 8>)
Great story, thank you for posting.
My father fought in the Solomon’s as a young company grade; that was 78 years ago, not 58 years. Fifty-eight years ago he was stationed at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard as a field grade; having recently returned from the Korean War/Chosin Reservoir.
That is just so cool.Thanks for posting that as I never thought of where they came up with the face that had the scar.
Contrast to phucker Bidens “America is an idea it hasnt lived up to”
Phuck anyone that says that
If they believe that bullshiite then they are to blame, they are personally responsible, its their personal problem
Time to take the commie soros alinsky shaming bs and shove it back up their asses where it came from
Proud to say that my Dad, a Pfc at the time, was there... His first purple heart... Left as a corporal...
After a couple of small amphibious assaults elsewhere, Tarawa was his second major amphibious landing and second purple heart and another stripe...
After time helping to train a new Marine division which he was to become part of, 18-months later he was with that division for the assault on Okinawa...
After the war ended (while he was on Okinawa), he ended up landing in China fighting communists...
Finally got home 1-1/2 years after the war ended...
Thanks for posting, again . A very powerful story of American courage and determination with the providential hand of God on the side of America. I pray that He will spare us from the judgement that we continue to call down on ourselves by rejecting Him and His Son, Jesus, the Christ.
Just standing by for CWII
Semper Fi!
Do or Die!
And it never fails to swell me with pride and then tears.
You are never defeated until you quit. These guys never never gave that a thought but they could have.
Remember the little history books written for school age kids? They were like Golden Press or something like that. “Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo”, “Guadalcanal Diary”, “Iwo Jima”, “Normandy” and so on? I read them all before I finished fourth grade then moved on to the massive volume “The Hstory of the United States Navy in World War II”. I packed that thing from class to class when I was in grade school until I finished it.
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