Right it was horrible, but it is what had to happen.
I know very well about Iwo Jima and seizing Mt. Suribachi.
Okinawa was a mess too. Today it is home of the 3rd Marine Division and U.S. Air Force Kadena base.
Try looking up Gilbert Islants Battle of Tarawa. It does not get as much attention, but it should and how the Marines 2nd Battalion 6th Marines handled a tiny island full of Japanese. The days and numbers is no comparison , but it is a famous battle in the Marines WWII history.
I don’t Need your history lesson I grew up with a Seabee who was on Peleliu
That Woke up the whole house every night with his screaming night terrors from what he saw 50 years earlier.
I don’t care that you don’t have the stomach for the fight but your constant picking on and trolling those of that do is pathetic.
Tarawa, Peleleu, Iwo..The Marines just didn’t leave anybody alive...435 total from all three.
3000 estimated to the caves.
They were a little more merciful for Guadalcanal, Saipain