re: #46 Barbarian at the Gate

The more I read abut battles such as Tarawa, Peileilu, Saipan, Iwo, Okinawa, and the liberation of the Philipines, I am amazed that everybody did not just run away. Horrifying stories of having to literally kill every Japanese soldier because they refused to surrender. Imagine serving on a ship during a kamakaze attack?

Charlies was 2nd Div Marines…Tarawa, Saipan and Tinian, Okinawa…they were out of action for Iwo, they were so badly shot up during the Saipan fight