hello every1,

i was wondering if anyone knew of an american base on a pacific island surrounded by japanese.

would such a base even be possible, or would the americans try to take over the island before establishing a base?

here's why i ask:

im doing a screenplay where i have the americans on one side of the island and a japanese base on the other. the americans are kind of stranded there for the moment and are subject to japanese attacks every once in while.

is this too far fetched?

thank you

Being "surrounded" and being subjected to repeated Japanese frontal attacks are two different matters.

In one sense, most Marines on Iwo were surrounded because of the extensive tunnels the Japanese had constructed. Marines were shot at from the front, sides, and from behind.

Individual groups were cut off from their units on many occasions in both Pacific theaters - the Central under Adm. Nimitz and the Southwest under Gen. MacArthur.

I'd recommend reading a good general account of the Pacific campaigns. Ronald Spector's Eagle Against the Sun is one. Richard Wheeler wrote another, but I forget the title. I'll try to find it for you.

JT

Wheeler's book is A Special Valor, but it's mostly about the Marine Corps and does not detail Army actions.

I gather this movie is to be of the same accuracy as Pearl Harbor?

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There was a similar themed movie done in the past but I don't recall the name. A group of marines were on the island and a group of Japanese also. They amputated the leg of one of the Japanese and at the end of the movie the Japanese were wiped out and the Americans rescued.

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Sounds a lot like the events when the Japanese took the Phillipines.

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thank you guys for the info.

and yes, it prob will be as accurate as something as pearl harbor, but i just need to pass certain common sense issues

thank you

[ 19. November 2006, 10:49 AM: Message edited by: John Galt ]