September 15, 1944.
MacArthur demanded this wretched island be taken… That’s all I want to say about that. So many violent deaths.
This is just a Hollywood movie (“The Pacific” by Hanks/Spielberg). No Hollywood movie can ever “show” war. I cannot imagine what it truly must have been like.
(Editor’s Note: My apologies but when I try and post with my phone Word App like here, things get “messed up”.)