Iwo Jima- Uncommon Valor and wasted lives

[Redbone]

I repeat, the fact that an attack on Pearl Harbor would have been obvious to any military planner beyond the level of Cub Scout was not forgotten by this poster. If the entire fleet had been at sea, the Japanese planes would have arrived, Pearl would have been bombed, the US would have been at war and a lot more ships and sailors would have been around. Thus, the US would have been better prepared. In any case, the ships that were sunk were almost all back in service in less than a year and didn't account for much in the war, anyway.

That would have given away the fact that we had broken their code. Was better to keep that secret. It paid off later on..

 

[whitehall]

How long has it been since my original post? The battle will still be raging for another two weeks.