Island Infernos: The US Army's Pacific War Odyssey, 1944

by John C. McManus

“The higher up the flagpole the monkey climbs, the more his rear end shows,”

Weapons are no good unless there are guts at both ends of the bayonet,”

Is the proposed operation likely to succeed? What might be the consequences of failure? Is it in the realm of practicability in terms of matériel and supplies?