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re: Gen. Douglas MacArthur "dug out dug"
Posted on 6/16/15 at 10:08 am to RickyDonSkaggs
Posted on 6/16/15 at 10:08 am to RickyDonSkaggs
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The Phillipinnes you commy bitch
You might want to check your history books. MacArthur didn't sacrifice any Marines in retaking the Philippines for one main reason. There were no Marines used in retaking the Philippines. The troops used on the ground to retake the Philippines were all US Army from the 6th & 8th Armies.
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As for the defense of the Philippines in 1941-42, there was one under strength regiment (actually about battalion strength) of Marines present. That's compared to an entire regular army division (made up of mostly Filipinos except for one infantry regiment), a handful of regular army coastal artillery batteries and two army national guard light tank battalions. He also and 10 divisions of the Filipino army which for the most part were barely armed and woefully equipped.
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Posted on 6/16/15 at 11:02 am to Darth_Vader
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The troops used on the ground to retake the Philippines were all US Army from the 6th & 8th Armies.
Because of the incredible PR arm of the USMC - everyone thinks that every amphibious invasion is all or mostly marines. Try to educate the average American and explain that a single U.S. Army amphibious invasion (Normandy) is about the size of all the USMC invasions in history, combined (possibly excepting Okinawa) and you draw blank stares. Even in the Pacific, there were usually Army units involved in a supporting or reinforcing role (or, in MacArthur's area, as you suggest the sole or main force).
Roosevelt, King and Marshall had to draw a line in the Pacific to keep Nimitz and Mac happy - there was barely room in all of the Pacific for both of those egos (and no room left for Patton's after VE day -
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