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To: SAMWolf
Correct.. Guadalcanal had to be captured in order to protect the US lifeline to Australia....ya know slightly off topic, but this weekend was watching some of the newsshows that did interviews with senior American commanders in theater....saw one with a USN ship captain, who when asked if his ship and crew was ready, gave a very PC like statement about, how, if needed, the ship would be tasked by the NCA to fulfill the coalition mandate...I was mentally contrasting it with Halsey's ( or Nimitz's..I forget which) great quote after Pearl Harbor..."The Japanese language will be spoken only in hell!!!"
53 posted on 02/19/2003 9:03:09 AM PST by ken5050
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To: ken5050
Yeah it's a shame that it isn't PC to hate the people who are trying to kill you. One of the reasons I got out of the Guard was the PC was killing me, I didn't fit in anymore.
56 posted on 02/19/2003 9:09:02 AM PST by SAMWolf (To look into the eyes of the wolf is to see your soul)
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