# Pacific War: McArthur vs Nimitz: Who Was Right?

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**Created:** [March 30, 2005, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pacific-war-mcarthur-vs-nimitz-who-was-right/296959 "2005-03-30T16:08:58Z")
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### Author: ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2021, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pacific-war-mcarthur-vs-nimitz-who-was-right/296959/37 "2021-03-11T05:01:41Z")

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Well, we are limiting to just Mac?

I mean Okinawa was taken by a joint Army/Marine force, more Army than Marines. Same with the Mariana Islands. Those were the two primary places planse bombed the Main islands from.

Note that my dad was just a Noncom but he despised Mac. He never considered himself part of the Bataan gang.

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