Ian W. Toll Quote

As is almost always the case with the Army, and often with the Marines, it was very difficult to get enough men to unload boats, even slowly, he told Spruance on November 30. As soon as the troops debarked from the LSTs and APs, they simply evaporated. Boats would lie at the pier for hours on end without a pound moving, while those garrison troops were out sightseeing.

Ian W. Toll

As is almost always the case with the Army, and often with the Marines, it was very difficult to get enough men to unload boats, even slowly, he told Spruance on November 30. As soon as the troops debarked from the LSTs and APs, they simply evaporated. Boats would lie at the pier for hours on end without a pound moving, while those garrison troops were out sightseeing.

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About Ian W. Toll

Ian W. Toll (born 1967) is an American author and military historian who lives in New York City. He wrote The Pacific War Trilogy, a three-volume history of the Pacific War.