Island Hopping

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Dogsofwar
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Island Hopping

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Post by Dogsofwar » 05 Jul 2019, 04:38

During WW II while fighting the Japanese in the island hopping campaign, the Japanese would call out Corpsman so they could shoot them when they came to their aid. The U.S. changed the name of Corpsman to something the Japanese had difficulty pronouncing. Can you please tell me what that word was? Thanks, Jim

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Post by Kingfish » 06 Jul 2019, 06:09

I haven't heard about the Corpsmen name change, but I do recall reading how the US adopted sentry code words that contained the letter 'L' such as Lollipop or Lollygag for the reason you stated.
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Post by rcocean » 07 Jul 2019, 20:08

Why is this labeled "Island Hopping"?

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