"The 14-inch guns of Ft Drum were firing to within five minutes of the end. It was the one battery on all the fortified islands that was not out of action. It was hit by at least 1,000 shells on the last day. IMO as a "concrete battleship" it was obsolete as a defense . No amount of AA guns would have helped. The Japanese could have just used it for gunnery or artillery practice.Once its supplies were cut off and they used up all their ammo it couldn't have lasted very much longer."

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For the first time I have seen "History" at close quarters,and I know that its actual process is very different from what is presented to Posterity. - WWI General Max Hoffman.

I'm the "Confederate with a pipe"!! LOL