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so why didn't the Marines do this to some of the other islands in these chains.., would have saved 10's of 1000's of lives!

Peleliu and Tarawa for example.

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Forward supply and repair bases, testing the Japanese defenses and Allied tactics and equipment and, this is the one my Father-in-law (veteran of Siapan, Tinnian and Iwo-Jima) stresses, practice for operation Downfall (he was training for the first wave and I love the bomb).

There were epic fights between McArthur and Nimitz on what to invade and what to bypass.
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hindsight sure is 20-20!!! :shock:

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Especially considering only a few people knew about the atomic bomb. Dad-in-law, and his marine comrades knew it would be bad and figured none of them would be coming home. And they lived their lives that way.
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