My Dad was with the IV infantry division in 1944, went ahore on D-Day at Utah, before the first wave, with a radio I think...then the Hedgerows, the liberation of Paris, Hurtgen Forest, finally the Bulge, where the IV(th) was attached to Patton. Later, right into Germany. The IV division had over 200% casualties by then, in less than 2 years. At that point, they were slated for the Pacific, but luckily the Japanese surrendered first.
Wish he was still around, would be interested in hearing his opinion of Mr Kerry's soldiering, don't think it would be flattering.
Yeah, I like those parts of ROTK, too.
Wow. It boggles the mind... what those men did in those days.
Lucky for all of us, CNN wasn't around then. They would have spoiled it for the allies because we were "bogged down".
I cannot imagine what would have happened if we would have had to invade Japan with ground troops without the dropping of the bombs. The losses on both sides would have been staggering.