Instead of an organized march into the village, the attack was utter chaos. The Japanese lost their footing in the ice and snow and while yelling unintelligible words, they fed on each other’s fear and that intensified the assault. When they slipped and fell on the icy terrain, their guns went off, random bullets sometimes wounding or killing some of their own. They quickly learned that the merciless island landscape was as deadly as a bullet. The
