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were that it would be over in a day or two.
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That was not the case at all.
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The worst was waiting for us.
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As casualties mounted,
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it became clear that U.S. intelligence
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had failed to anticipate the level of Japanese resistance.
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Looming behind the airfield
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were high coral ridges that spanned the island.
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The Japanese had created an elaborate system
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of underground fortresses.
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Intelligence didn't have a clue what we were going into.
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If the intelligence had been what it should have been,