[SoCalPol]

We just did not need to supply Stalin.
We had to fight in both theaters.
I say that having not only one relative killed at Bataaan
but another relative was a B-17 pilot in Europe who
was killed.

[calex59]

I had many relatives fighting, all in the Pacific, luckily they all made it home. 4 uncles and my Father all fought in the Pacific. The Pacific was where our interest lay and FDR almost cost us that war, or at least came close to prolonging it. We got lucky at Midway and the Canal, if not for that we would have been screwed. We needed B17s in the pacific and fighters that we were not using in Europe at the time, but FDR sent them else where.

You have your ideas about the war, I have mine. Mine are borne out by history, if you read the facts and not revisionist crap. However, thank your relatives for their sacrafice.