To: OrioleFan
Hacksaw was one of many very bloody battles to take southern Okinawa.
The 96th and 77th ID's took a pounding. The 1st Marines, moving in
parallel actually had an easier time of it for once. The HBO mini-series
'The Pacific' gives a pretty good representation of just how bad it was on
Okinawa for the Marines and it was worse in some instances for the Army.
119 posted on
03/25/2020 3:59:07 PM PDT by
major_gaff
(University of Parris Island, Class of '84)
To: major_gaff
120 posted on
03/25/2020 6:55:50 PM PDT by
OrioleFan
(Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.for corruptiion)
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson