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Using US Marines to hold a line is like using a knife to hold something together . . . that just ain’t what they do . . .When the Marines were withdrawn from Peleliu, Army troops replaced them. Sledge reports how different the Army was, including one Marine saying breathlessly. “The Army is stringing barbed wire!”
They were engaged in offensive combat – but they couldn’t attack 24/7. They had to sleep sometime, and that was when the Japanese infiltrators came.Using US Marines to hold a line is like using a knife to hold something together . . . that just ain’t what they do . .