My friend Will who fought at Guadalcanal does not see
it as a one or the other war. He always speaks of the necessity of both theaters.
That’s a fact, however, our main interest lay in the Pacific and the supplies that were needed should have been sent. We were fighting there before we started fighting in Europe but FDR sent 80% to Europe and 20% to the Pacific. As I said, we were lucky to win that war at all. If we had been thrown off the Canal we would have had to take another year, or more, to beat the Japanese.