To: BluH2o
Huh, my father-in-law saw duty at Pelileu...he was a Marine fighter pilot, flew F4U Corsiars....He was one of the Marines who was involved in the Battle of Bloody Nose Ridge....a real mess. We controlled the take off part of the runway and the Japanese the other end of the runway....he'd land and jam the brakes turn around quickly...load a bomb and take off dropping the bomb just at the end of the runway and up the hillside, where the Japanese had a big gun hidden in a cave. It was really hairy and one of the few things he ever talked about. Very calmly described how the Marines that day were really taking it on the chin....Those men and the men fighting today are not much different. They are simply magnificent people doing a difficult job. My father-in-law dies three years ago and I miss his quiet, sureness......something I am certain he learned in the war and in the Marines....
To: irish guard
I've been to Pelielu, the war vehicles are still there, along with the caves and the remnants of the Japanese command bunker.
Bloody Nose Ridge has to be seen to be believed. It's amazing that any troops could get up it, much less under withering fire.
God Bless your late father-in-law
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