Thank God for our United States Marines - the heroes of Guadalcanal. THEY are the ONLY reason were not all speaking Japanese.
What nonsense. All honor to the men who fought at Guadalcanal, but the U.S. was going to defeat Japan, it was a lock. The American economy was ten times that of Japan. The only question was how fast.
Sorry, I don’t agree.
The courage of the Marines prosecuted the Pacific War to the unconditional surrender sought by FDR.
Lesser troops would have brought about a conditional peace, IMO.