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Battle of Peleliu
Posted on 4/26/22 at 11:42 pm
Posted on 4/26/22 at 11:42 pm
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They threw corral and empty ammo boxes in desperation.
Imagine being a part of that.
They threw corral and empty ammo boxes in desperation.
Imagine being a part of that.
This post was edited on 4/26/22 at 11:57 pm
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Posted on 4/26/22 at 11:51 pm to tigersownall
"There never was a front line on Peleliu. The whole island was a front line."
"To the non-combatants and those on the periphery of action, the war meant only boredom or occasional excitement, but to those who entered the meat grinder itself the war was a netherworld of horror from which escape seemed less and less likely as casualties mounted and the fighting dragged on and on. Time had no meaning, life had no meaning. The fierce struggle for survival in the abyss of Peleliu had eroded the veneer of civilization and made savages of us all."
-Eugene Sledge
If you haven't read his book With the Old Breed... its an amazing account of war in the Pacific
"To the non-combatants and those on the periphery of action, the war meant only boredom or occasional excitement, but to those who entered the meat grinder itself the war was a netherworld of horror from which escape seemed less and less likely as casualties mounted and the fighting dragged on and on. Time had no meaning, life had no meaning. The fierce struggle for survival in the abyss of Peleliu had eroded the veneer of civilization and made savages of us all."
-Eugene Sledge
If you haven't read his book With the Old Breed... its an amazing account of war in the Pacific
Posted on 4/26/22 at 11:59 pm to tigersownall
I'll take "What is a fricking paragraph for $10,000,000" please?
Posted on 4/27/22 at 12:23 am to tigersownall
Snafu Shelton agrees
This post was edited on 4/27/22 at 12:24 am
Posted on 4/27/22 at 12:24 am to Mud_Bone
finishing up Bob Hopes book. "I Never Left Home." - 1944. About touring for the troops in N. Afika. '43.
I was at Goodwill, and bought 12 WWII books for $1 each. All 80's., 90's history.. mostly Pacific. 1 Rommel and 1 Luftwaffe Paratrooper diary.
Anyways, I got like 4 or 5 pacific... I plan on reading Guadalcanal next... 3 day fight in 300 pages. Wish me luck. But I may won't be German paratrooper. I have yet to read their pound of view. Onlky the USA an Britain
I was at Goodwill, and bought 12 WWII books for $1 each. All 80's., 90's history.. mostly Pacific. 1 Rommel and 1 Luftwaffe Paratrooper diary.
Anyways, I got like 4 or 5 pacific... I plan on reading Guadalcanal next... 3 day fight in 300 pages. Wish me luck. But I may won't be German paratrooper. I have yet to read their pound of view. Onlky the USA an Britain
Posted on 4/27/22 at 6:25 am to tigersownall
My grandfather fought the Japs at Peleliu.
I was with him and my grandmother at the World's Fair in 1984. When we got to the area where all the different countries had their exhibits, he looked up at the Jap flag, turned to grandma and said "Let's go" and we left.
He couldn't believe they allowed them to fly that thing over American soil. To the day he died, he couldn't stand the sight of those people.
I was with him and my grandmother at the World's Fair in 1984. When we got to the area where all the different countries had their exhibits, he looked up at the Jap flag, turned to grandma and said "Let's go" and we left.
He couldn't believe they allowed them to fly that thing over American soil. To the day he died, he couldn't stand the sight of those people.
Posted on 4/27/22 at 6:28 am to tigersownall
My grandfather fought here
Posted on 4/27/22 at 6:39 am to reverendotis
quote:Props to your gf for his service in that hell hole.
My grandfather fought the Japs at Peleliu.
I was with him and my grandmother at the World's Fair in 1984. When we got to the area where all the different countries had their exhibits, he looked up at the Jap flag, turned to grandma and said "Let's go" and we left.
He couldn't believe they allowed them to fly that thing over American soil. To the day he died, he couldn't stand the sight of those people.
I can see how he felt that way.
My old man fought on Okinawa.
After the Japanese surrender, he went in with the occupation forces and spent more than a year there. He developed an appreciation for Japanese people and culture. We were the first folks in our ZIP Code to own a Toyota.
I knew a Bataan survivor who had the same feeling towards the Japanese as my dad did in his later years. The last car he owned was a Toyota Avalon. His quote about Japanese soldiers was “They were just doing their job.”
Not flaming your grand dad, just pointing out that different folks reached different opinions.
Posted on 4/27/22 at 6:44 am to reverendotis
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He couldn't believe they allowed them to fly that thing over American soil. To the day he died, he couldn't stand the sight of those people.
Can't say I blame him. They got their comeuppance though. Getting nuked and having their emperor bow to us was a big part of burying the hatchet.
I knew an old WW2 sailor. Was my friend's grandfather. He (sailor) would raise the flag every day and salute it. He never really said a lot to me, but the look in his eyes and the manner he held himself exuded patriotism. A humble man, but a dignified one. I admire and respect that kind of devotion. To be honest, he kind of admonished me (fairly) for not paying proper respect to the flag. (I had draped it over my shoulders.)
The older I get the more I realize the importance of paying respect to the flag. You're not paying respect to a piece of cloth. You're paying respect to the men that died defending it. This isn't a country of soil. It's the people. Without people willing to die for it, all of our symbols and traditions are meaningless.
Posted on 4/27/22 at 6:59 am to soccerfüt
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His quote about Japanese soldiers was “They were just doing their job.
Thats a crazy quote coming from a Bataan survivor. The Japs made the Germans look like kindergartners in their brutality. That's not just doing their job as a soldier.
Posted on 4/27/22 at 7:13 am to Spaceman Spiff
quote:Look up Bushido culture. It explains the Japanese behavior you describe.
Thats a crazy quote coming from a Bataan survivor. The Japs made the Germans look like kindergartners in their brutality. That's not just doing their job as a soldier.
It has been argued that the Nazi atrocities (done by Western Europeans) were more of a moral reach from the perpetrators’ home cultural norms than were the Japanese actions exhibited at Bataan or Nanking.
Regardless, they were both terrible.
Posted on 4/27/22 at 7:19 am to geauxtigers87
Upvoted.
frick trying to take that place by amphibious assault.
frick trying to take that place by amphibious assault.
Posted on 4/27/22 at 7:22 am to soccerfüt
Another MacArthur special. Shouldn't have gone to peleliu shouldn't have gone to the Philippines. But because good ol dugout Doug threatened to run for president as a republican thousands of sailors, soldiers, and marines paid the price.
Posted on 4/27/22 at 7:27 am to geauxtigers87
My dad fought there. Saw a documentary a couple years ago “Against the Odds: Death Ridges of Peleliu”. Almost crapped my pants when I saw my daddy in the film. Rewatched and saw him a second time. Wished he’d have talked more about it but he wouldn’t.
Posted on 4/27/22 at 7:43 am to geauxtigers87
Great pictures, just finished watching the Pacific last night. My father was on a carrier in the Navy in the Pacific at the end of WWII. They were in the sea of Japan at the end of the war.
He owned a GM dealership and felt about teh Japanese like the guy aboves grandfather did, didn't like to even trade in a Japanese car.
He owned a GM dealership and felt about teh Japanese like the guy aboves grandfather did, didn't like to even trade in a Japanese car.
This post was edited on 4/27/22 at 7:47 am
Posted on 4/27/22 at 7:44 am to FreeState
The Pacific series on HBO was gory as hell. Eugene Sledge was one of the main characters. All those battles looked like hellholes and made the European front look splendid comparably.
This post was edited on 4/27/22 at 7:45 am
Posted on 4/27/22 at 8:12 am to tigersownall
My grandfather didn’t fight at Peleliu, but was in the 5th Marine division and the Marine parachute battalion. He fought at Guadalcanal, Choiseul, and finally Iwo Jima where he lost a leg to a mortar shell and was shot several times. He was carried off the field over the shoulder of a platoon mate like something from an action movie.
The battle for Choiseul is a great story of a diversion to draw Japanese troops from Bougainville. There is a great book about it called Mission Raise Hell and my grandfather is in it.
I miss that tough bastard!
The battle for Choiseul is a great story of a diversion to draw Japanese troops from Bougainville. There is a great book about it called Mission Raise Hell and my grandfather is in it.
I miss that tough bastard!
Posted on 4/27/22 at 8:12 am to Shankapotamous
quote:Throughout the 1960s, GM, Ford, and Chrysler’s abysmal build quality and poor engineering drove (more correctly forced my dad to walk) to the newly opened Toyota dealership.
He owned a GM dealership and felt about teh Japanese like the guy aboves grandfather did, didn't like to even trade in a Japanese car.
That wasn’t your dad’s fault but in my dad’s defense, it was a reasonable expectation that his brand new Cadillac should be able to have functioning headlights.
Three times did he bring it in to have that issue fixed. And it was traded in without functioning headlights, as I recall.
Posted on 4/27/22 at 8:17 am to NPComb
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Snafu Shelton agrees
Snafu Sheldon was the previous owner of the house that Derrick Todd Lee lived in when he committed all of those murders.
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