Originally Posted by JTrapper73
Interesting article. I didn’t realize that there was that level of debate over Iwo Jima. I thought Peleliu was supposed to have been the mistake.


Same here. The bloodiest battle in the Marine Corps history and totally unnecessary. My Marine FIL made three Pacific landings and finally got wounded and taken out of the war on Peleliu.

Good article, thanks.


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