[awelliott]

Then, five or six years later, some of those exact same guys who had to fight in 120 degree plus temps ended up in Chosin fighting in 30 below zero temps.

I had never heard that before. Wow, talking about winning the reverse lottery twice. God bless each and every one of them...

[rlmorel]

I know, pretty appalling. That is why I said, I can very easily imagine some of those Marines who fought through Peleliu wondering what kind of crappy deck their cards were coming from...