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re: Spinoff: Was Pelelieu the Biggest Waste of a Campaign in WWII?
Posted on 3/16/16 at 10:55 am to TigerFanInSouthland
Posted on 3/16/16 at 10:55 am to TigerFanInSouthland
One of my favorite anecdotes of the Pacific theater:
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During late October the Marines were relieved by soldiers of the Army’s 81st Infantry Division. Higgins boats took the Marines to waiting Navy ships. As the Marines struggled up the cargo nets and onto the decks of the ships they were stunned to see Navy officers scrubbed, clean shaven, and starched. One of the ship’s officers asked, “Got any souvenirs to trade?” A Marine stood silent for a moment, then reached down and patted his own rear end. “I brought my arse out of there swabie. That’s my souvenir of Peleliu.”
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