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re: Gen. Douglas MacArthur "dug out dug"
Posted on 6/16/15 at 11:02 am to Darth_Vader
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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Posted on 6/16/15 at 11:06 am to Ace Midnight
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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).
Very true. As for Okinawa, I believe it was an even larger amphibious invasion than Normandy. But even there it was more of an Army than a Marine operation. There were 4 army divisions deployed compared to 3 Marine divisions.
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