[DesertRhino]

They knew what it was,, and thought it made them look tough and all. They should be ashamed to have that logo. The punishment should be a sweaty afternoon reminding them that the Eagle, Globe and Anchor beats any SS crap,, any day. Why have the logo of a lesser quality unit on their flag? The SS was never the equivalent of the USMC of that era. They could have never taken Iwo Jima,,,

[Ajnin]

The symbol stands for Scout Sniper not Shutzstaffel. It’s a badass symbol and they should keep it instead of giving in to the PC bed wetters.

[KantianBurke]

“They knew what it was,, and thought it made them look tough and all. They should be ashamed to have that logo. The punishment should be a sweaty afternoon reminding them that the Eagle, Globe and Anchor beats any SS crap,, any day. Why have the logo of a lesser quality unit on their flag? The SS was never the equivalent of the USMC of that era. They could have never taken Iwo Jima,,,”

Sums it up perfectly bump. As for those that excuse the use of Nazi symbols, you’re not fit to shine the shoes of any of American WWII GI’s.

[Bringbackthedraft]

The SS was never the equivalent of the USMC of that era. They could have never taken Iwo Jima,,,....................... You’re right the Imperial Army of Japan would have kicked the SS’s butt just like they did against the Russians in the summer of 45. In some ways the USMC may have been like the SS (I recommend reading American Samurai)

You are comparing apples to oranges with the two different theaters of operation. Island hoping isn’t the same as open land warfare with sustained operations. Our USMC and Army (better than the SS)certainly didn’t make the grade in Korea when they were faced with similar conditions that the Germans were faced with, like 7x more people against them than they had, and freezing weather. I’ve spent many hours in my life time with WW II vets, that fought through Normandy into Germany and they all had the same opinion of the German SS units. When they knew they were facing them, they knew they were in trouble. Remember WW II was a war we won on the production line more than on the battle front. You have to compare the casualty figures of the theater operations, that alone tells you which front the toughest fighting was on. Had the Japanese had the quality of weapons the Germans had, the supply line like the Americans had, and fought 500-1100 miles inland beyond naval gunfire and logistic support, the USMC Pacific campaign would have really been the comparable test.

Why are we so afraid to admit that they were better trained, better organized and had high spirit d’Corp than we had at the time? (Because PC has been added to out 1st amendment?)

Yes they were SOBs, but even Patton respected them for their bravery. Someone once said; “They were the best soldiers ever to have fought for the worst cause.” Not a direct quote but close to it.