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note So you're going to prove that the banzai attack was used a lot with a single or even a few references? New

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Re: note SNOWWRESTLER.  tell me about Palau <NT> rroberts New
Re: note This should get the cavers' attention Stifler New
Re: note Unflattering info about Col. Chesty Puller in there too. Stifler New
Re: note Sledge talks about keeping watch with a .45 in one hand while holding his eyelid open with the other to stay awake. <NT> rroberts New
Re: note Yeah, they had learned by then to ditch the Banzai charges Stifler New
Re: th_up Unfortunately, we still haven't found an effective antidote against those improved tactics. Wilko New
Re: note Bullshit.  The bonzai attacks were used... rroberts New
Re: note Just a minor point: Bonzai are trees, Banzai is relevant for the Japanese attacks... Wilko New
Re: note Many lessons were learned at Guadalcanal, which was the american's first engagement... rroberts New
Re: doh Point out where I said that they *never* used human wave assaults. Wilko New
Re: th_up The Banzai attack was seldom used as a tactical device Gordo New
Re: note How many page number references do you want to demonstrate how wtong you are?... rroberts New
Date: Jul 26 2008, 8:51 GMT
From: Wilko

How about the opposite: prove with a percentage of the number of total attacks how many of those were mass human wave attacks.

There are many U.S. references to non-human wave style attacks, but for some reason you have to call bullshit every time one of those is offered to you, despite the fact that people who outrank you many times were seriously concerned about them. Still, you seem to be preoccupied with the image of the U.S. soldier being up against an enemy who could only storm towards him, and not against one who was better at non detectable movement, nighttime fighting,  one on one tactical decision making and the use of underground to enhance his defenses. That exactly why the current approach to be better than them fails: pride without thinking. Several U.S. Marine Generals agree with that assessment, and they express that publicly, but you are somehow smarter or better informed than any of them, right Rick?

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