Wow..
That is a big question!

I don't know enough about the big picture Pacific strategy to even start on that one.
Not to mention supply lines and a hundred other things...

Did it cost a lot in men?
Yes.
Did it change the course?
No idea.


-OMotS



"If memory serves fails me..."
Quote: ( unnamed) "been prtty deep in the cooler todaay "

Television and radio are most effective when people question little and think even less.