Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2019 8:58 pm Post subject: Re: Tarawa Marine graves found
Brutal battle tragic loss of life, to see all the bodies pilling up on the beach. Then out of hasty desperation to build the urgently needed airstrip they had to use mass graves. The battle at least taught U.S. military some painful lessons about tactics and probably helped saved lives later knowing how many casualties would be sustained for future island offensives. And decision to "hop" or bypass some islands altogether to avoid such phyrric victories.
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