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Pop culture's Pacific War is mostly on Marines. While they certainly had some of the toughest assignments, the Army sent several times as many troops to the Pacific. Why is the Pacific shown as only being fought by the Marines and the Navy? Do the Army battles look too much like Vietnam?

by /u/BigBearSD in /r/AskHistorians

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