That is an excellent quote Bill. I think that the Japanese were an excellent fighting force. They were well disciplined if not supplied with the most technologically advanced weapons of the period. They fought and fought and even if the ratio of casualties was not in their favor the men who lost their comrades to them surely held them in more respect then the posters that portrayed them as little near-sighted people who could not stand up to the big strong Americans.
Our fighting men won the battles, occupied the territory and gave their lives to conquer the Pacific territories. It was our logistics that really won the war. Our superiority in the air and on the ocean allowed us to put overwhelming amounts of ordinance onto the beaches and the strong points of the Japanese. Our tanks and aircraft supporting the ground troops. Don't forget the medical resources provided either. That is one of the big reasons why our men were able to succeed with so few casualties. The fighting men of the Japanese forces were well trained formidable adversaries. Thank God we could out produce them and that we won the Battle of Midway.

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PEOPLE SLEEP PEACEABLY IN THEIR BEDS AT NIGHT ONLY BECAUSE ROUGH MEN STAND READY TO DO VIOLENCE ON THEIR BEHALF. GEORGE ORWELL