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Irish_Dem

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3. The enemy fighting on the Pacific islands was particularly horrific and brutal.

Reply to infullview (Original post)

Mon May 25, 2026, 11:53 AM

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The Japanese soldiers had been ordered by their emperor to fight until they were dead.
It took a huge toll on the US soldiers.
The casualty rate and PTSD was very high.

Was your father on Okinawa by any chance?

I am an USAF kid and we were stationed there for part of my father's overseas assignment
during the Viet Nam war.

We lived in a house right next to one of the beaches where there was fierce WWII fighting.
We would find food rations and gun parts, etc. The WWII bunkers were still intact.
We used to play in them.

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I honor my father WW II vet. [View all] infullview Monday OP

The unselfish generation, there will never be another generation like them. republianmushroom Monday #1

K & R democrank Monday #2

The enemy fighting on the Pacific islands was particularly horrific and brutal. Irish_Dem Monday #3

I'm not sure. He didn't like to talk about the war infullview Monday #4

Yes most of them refused to talk about it. Irish_Dem Monday #5