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4. Not in the first week.

Fri Mar 20, 2026, 01:24 PM

9 hrs ago

The surface fleet had to withdraw after the battle of Savo island, then the Marines were isolated temporarily.

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USS Boxer and 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit deploy to Middle East [View all] BumRushDaShow 9 hrs ago OP

Sending a battalion size Marine Corps unit w/support isn't going to work. Crowman2009 9 hrs ago #1

We won at Guadalcanal nt sarisataka 9 hrs ago #2

Not in the first week. Crowman2009 9 hrs ago #4

It took much longer than a week to win sarisataka 7 hrs ago #9

More like Corregidor Ponietz 8 hrs ago #6

ROFL. Didn't he already broadcast loudly that he was ... ananda 9 hrs ago #3

In a normal world BaronChocula 9 hrs ago #5

Just because you can kill people doesn't mean you should kill people. twodogsbarking 8 hrs ago #7