The other day I was eating dinner, and I saw a U.S Army commerical. Knowing my teen self I wasn't gonna dare pick up that remote, and watch the new commerical. So here it is, the entire commerical, I only got a 30 secound glance. Though I almost was like what the ? During one part. See if you guys can find it! I was kind of affended, cause the commerical I saw was a little bit more changed than this one, but even worse. Just my little rant , just don't like incorrections, makes the Army look un-professional! [YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oFkGsT8SmE&p=3CEDD1F719434DF5&playnext=1&index=16[/YOUTUBE]
I don't see it....what am I missing? I love to gig uniforms. I've watched it 5 times now and I don't see anything jumping out at me.
The only thing I can think of was Lt. Col. Edward White conducting America's first spacewalk. True, he was Air Force, but he also graduated from West Point and was buried there after the Apollo 1 fire.
They lead from Island to Island. Watch 7-13. Pretty sure thats the Marines, and Navy. I always thought the Army whent to Europe in ww2.
Macarthur lead the army in the South Pacific from Australia/New Zealand area.. Nimitz commanded the central and northern pacific. US Sixth and Eighth armies come to mind. Here is a list of the American Division in WWII and where they were deployed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Army_divisions_during_World_War_II
The army was involved in the Pacific from day one. They took over from the Marines at Gaudacanal for instance and the latter invasions saw several divisions of army troops involved.
About 1/3 of the US Army's infantry divisions were in the PTO. They made all of the landings in the Philipines and in and around New Guinea.
The Army fought in the Aleutians as well. As a matter of fact, some of the veterans of the battle of Attu were very soar that they were not as famous as vets from say Guadalcanal, because they were not Marines, who in their eyes, got all the glory.
I consider it good if I learn something new. I consider it great if I learn that something I thought was correct isn't.
Another reason that they didn't get as much press is that many of their problems during the battle were self-inflicted. It wasn't the individual soldiers fault that the organization was ill prepared and the troops ill trained and poorly conditioned, that was a leadership/organizational failure. It was however a failure none the less. It's not justmy opinion, the US Army in its official histories makes the same point and addresses steps taken to correct the shortcomings. Mediocre and sub-par performance doesn't garner as many headlines for the home folks; though the eney might tout the performance.