We got there when we could.
The below are pictures my wife's mothers 2nd husband took. He was at the the University of Penn when the Japanese attacked...he flunked out of flight school and then was a enlisted navigator on PT Boats.
A great human.
The point is we had nothing to counter the wave initially. It had nothing to do with Filipinos.
Imagine, 19 years old, get bounced from Great Lakes Navy flight training and then get shipped to the South Pacific for two, nearly three years. I know the Professor was trying to make a point, but so were the men and women that went and fought.
Blame the Japanese for the love of god.
Rife, btw, loved driving around the farm with Jack.
