# Pacific War: McArthur vs Nimitz: Who Was Right? **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pacific-war-mcarthur-vs-nimitz-who-was-right/296959 **Category:** Great Debates **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") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 88
### Author: ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth) #### Post date: [March 25, 2021, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pacific-war-mcarthur-vs-nimitz-who-was-right/296959/88 "2021-03-25T21:12:16Z")
So, what you are saying is that _my_ Dad didnt do the things I ascribe to him, but _your_ dad stories are be be accepted on face value? Honestly your story sounds believable to me, but _the hypocrisy is strong in this one._ 😛 😱 I am willing to accept your dad stories, OK? But implying that me or my dad is a liar, then getting grumpy because I have say “Hmm” is hypocritical. You dont believe me, so why should I believe you? My Dad served in the Pacific from Dec 8 1941 until about a year after the war, being part of the Occupation of Okinawa. Most of the time he was in Mac’s HQ. Obviously, if you serve for for that long, you have a lot of war stories. Altho- as is true for most veterans- few _combat_ stories. He is buried in Los Angeles National Cemetery. Not a big hero, never got any Silver Stars or anything but anyone who served that long close to the action of course saw all sorts of shit . _He just did his part,_ as I am sure your dad did also. He was a Officer of the VFW for decades and of course met and talked to many other veterans. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pacific-war-mcarthur-vs-nimitz-who-was-right/296959)._