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To: 2ndDivisionVet

So the moron MacCarthur said he could take all of Japan with 66,000 casualties, with 25% fatal?

Okinawa is small compared to all of Japan. On Okinawa, US personnel losses amounted to over 82,000 casualties, including non-battle casualties (psychiatric, injuries, illnesses) of whom over 12,500 were killed or missing. Battle deaths were 4,907 Navy, 4,675 Army, and 2,938 Marine Corps personnel. Several thousand personnel who died indirectly (from wounds and other causes) at a later date are not included in the total.


44 posted on 05/26/2017 4:38:43 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up.)
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To: DesertRhino

General of the Army MacArthur never said that.


66 posted on 05/26/2017 4:46:30 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: DesertRhino

“So the moron MacCarthur said he could take all of Japan with 66,000 casualties, with 25% fatal?”

Review the history of Inchon in depth, including the decision-making process. MacArthur was a military genius unequaled in the 20th century.

MacArthur taking Honshu at a fraction of the cost is hardly as unlikely as an ordinary genius doing it.


149 posted on 05/26/2017 7:31:01 PM PDT by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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