I’m sure it won’t survive another establishment president.
All my relatives were in the ETO as far as I know. But to answer the question about the headline, no.
I will fight for my state, my city, where I live. I will ot be forced to fight for what fedgov is today and what this country promotes and hates at the federal level.
I will not die for liberals or illegals. I will not die to advance fedgov warped ideals, or global corporation goals. I will die for my faith, my family and friends, and my home. That is my distinction.
My Dad was in the Pacific but he was in the Phillipines and New Guinea. Plenty of Japs to go around.
The way things are now, World War II would have played out completely differently than it did then.
We would not have committed to total victory after Pearl Harbor.
We would not have gotten involved in Europe at all, because the European Axis powers had not attacked us. We would have been limited to actions against Japan only. And we would not have set the goal of total victory.
A few years ago I toured a U.S. Navy ship. The gunners mate showed us his weapons, including the CWIS. I asked him what would happen if there were 8 or 9 Kamikazes attacking his ship at the same time, as happened at Okinawa. He said that they would get hit.
My Dad was there in the US Army. Unlike some people,(not meaning you, 2nd Div) he did not spend the rest of his life bragging about it or making up lies about his heroism (John Kerry, etc, etc.)
Americans in name only today would find such will to win at any cost difficult to comprehend.
My dad was there: 1st Marine Division, G27
He just passed away last November. He never talked about it much up until the last few years.....the stories he told were almost unbelievable what these guys went thru.
He managed to make it to DC to visit the memorial. Typed in his info trying to see if any others of his battalion were alive...no responses. He said most em got killed in Korea. He had had enough and got out after the WW2.
At that same time in 1945, dad was otherwise occupied, a half a world away...
One uncle at Iwo Jima...5 in the European theater. Our family was lucky by most standards, we only lost one at Anzio.
In answer to the headline question...no.
Rules of engagement have changed for the military. And I fear the people of this country wouldn’t pull together and stay involved like most did during WWII.
Here. Dad was a Cox’n on a landing craft. I still have a memento from a Japanese field hospital.
The man power required for Okinawa was about the size of our current active duty army.
My Dad was on a minesweeper in the Pacific. The only story he ever told me about those days was that he switched from smoking Lucky Strikes to Camels because Camels tasted better standing at the bow of a minesweeper underway.
My grandfather was there, he was in the Navy on one of their ships. He passed away some years ago, but use to tell me stories of what it was like back then. I actuslly did a report on him for an interview a veteran assignment in 5th grade.
Dad was on the Wadsworth. The following Battle Stars (7) were earned by the USS Wadsworth (DD516) in the time of her service:
1 Star/Treasury-Bougainville Operation: Occupation and defense of Cape Torokina. 1,8, 9, 13 November 1943.
1 Star/Consolidation of Solomon Islands: 28 December 1943, 1 February 1944.
1 Star/Bismark Archipelago Operation: Green Island 15-19 February 1944.
Anti-shipping sweeps and bombardment of Rabaul & New Ireland 24 of February - 1 March 1944.
1 Star/Marianas Operation: Capture and Occupation of Saipan, 14 of June to 8 July 1944.
Capture and Occupation of Guam: 12 July-9 August 1944.
1 Star/Iwo Jima Operation: Assault and Occupation of Iwo Jima 19 of February-16 March 1945.
1 Star/Okinawa Gunto Operation: Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto on 1 April-24 June 1945.
1 Star/Third fleet operation against Japan: 26 July-7 August of 1945.
Presidential Unit Citation: 17 April-24 June 1945 for Okinawa.
“On the morning of 24 June Wadsworth, relieved of radar picket duty, Wadsworth put her fighter-director team ashore. Since her first arrival off Okinawa, she had sounded general quarters 203 times, detected and reported the approach of hundreds of enemy aircraft, and successfully fought off all that attacked her. Her exploits during that time earned the USS Wadsworth the Presidential Unit Citation.”
Navy Occupation Service Medal (Asia) 2 September-17 November of 1945.
Dad never spoke of his service until his final months. Even then it was only between him and I.
The brave young men of the greatest generation who vanquished the Japanese at Okinawa have been replaced by a generation of pussies who cannot contend with “microagressions”, politically incorrect thoughts or words and are scared of anything that might resemble a gun. God save us if we must depend on this current generation to defend us in armed conflict.
My 95 yr old father fought in the Med and Europe under Patton and Patch. When that fight ended he wasn’t looking forward to going to the Pacific, which would have been his next stop if the atomic bombs hadn’t convinced Japan to surrender.
When I was a boy the father of one of my friends had a limp and walked with a cane. He was probably in his late 30s. It was a memento he received while fighting in the Pacific war.
The HBO series The Pacific is excellent, based on the memoir of Eugene Sledge, and includes the Battle of Okinawa.