To: Willie Green
7,000 Americans died in the effort to capture a tiny island. It sort of puts our losses in Iraq into perspective.
6 posted on
02/13/2005 11:02:25 AM PST by
Dog Gone
To: Dog Gone
Same for the battle for Peleliu. One of the bloodiest battles for the Marine Corps in terms of loss.
235 men of one Regiment [Everett Pope's] went in and four days later only 8 returned from the fierce battle for what is now know as Pope Ridge.
9 posted on
02/13/2005 11:45:01 AM PST by
KimmyJaye
(Susan Estrich: A face for radio and a voice for pantomime.)
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