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Fugly · 03-22-2010, 10:33 AM

[QUOTE=worth;2412352]This episode was pretty intense. Wave upon wave of Japanese assaulting the dug in American outposts. They did a good job of creating tension with the reloading of the 30 cals. You would think the Japanese wwi frontal assault mentalities would subside after getting cut up in every major engagement on the island. QUOTE]

I'm almost finished reading Eugene Sledge's book With the Old Breed. He mentioned that Guadalcanal was pretty much the last place that the Japanese used those tacticts. Subsequent battles the Japanese made the Americans come and get them in their vast caves and fortified bunkers.

Years ago I had an incredible conversation with a Canadian vet that fought in Korea. I'm surprised he talked as much as he did, but he had a few beers in him and he could tell I was interested so he felt like talking I guess. His stories about being attacked by waves upon waves of Chinese at night were terrifying. Their machine guns got so hot, and since they didn't have any water they had to get up and piss on them to cool them down. His description of what he saw the next morning is similar to what they show in The Pacific, with piles upon piles of bodies lying in front of the trenches.

Like somebody mentioned earlier...that generation makes me feel like a giant pansie.

03-22-2010, 10:33 AM	#267
Fugly Backup Goalie Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Cochrane Exp:	[QUOTE=worth;2412352]This episode was pretty intense. Wave upon wave of Japanese assaulting the dug in American outposts. They did a good job of creating tension with the reloading of the 30 cals. You would think the Japanese wwi frontal assault mentalities would subside after getting cut up in every major engagement on the island. QUOTE] I'm almost finished reading Eugene Sledge's book With the Old Breed. He mentioned that Guadalcanal was pretty much the last place that the Japanese used those tacticts. Subsequent battles the Japanese made the Americans come and get them in their vast caves and fortified bunkers. Years ago I had an incredible conversation with a Canadian vet that fought in Korea. I'm surprised he talked as much as he did, but he had a few beers in him and he could tell I was interested so he felt like talking I guess. His stories about being attacked by waves upon waves of Chinese at night were terrifying. Their machine guns got so hot, and since they didn't have any water they had to get up and piss on them to cool them down. His description of what he saw the next morning is similar to what they show in The Pacific, with piles upon piles of bodies lying in front of the trenches. Like somebody mentioned earlier...that generation makes me feel like a giant pansie. __________________ People who read other people's signatures are lame!