[Fred Mertz]

I still say they took the airfield mission out of convenience, not due to any long range planning. Although, sneakypete has a point about everyone "getting a piece of the pie".

[Norb2569]

Here's a quote from Patton's speech to his troops before finishing off the Germans..

"We want to get the hell over there. The quicker we clean up this goddamned mess, the quicker we can take a little jaunt against the purple pissing Japs and clean out their nest, too. Before the goddamned Marines get all of the credit".

Hey, we are all part of a TEAM that is for one purpose: defense of our country. So what if there some internal squabbling?