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To: BenLurkin
Kind of ironic that the civilians were being evacuated from Yap, which was bypassed, to Palau, which would become the site of one of the bloodiest battles in the way just a few short months later.

War sucks.

21 posted on 02/19/2023 12:18:40 PM PST by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: Vigilanteman

A person could ask the civilians on Wake if any had survived the Japanese taking the island.


24 posted on 02/19/2023 12:23:01 PM PST by Equine1952
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