Tons of high explosives
Plastering the reefs
Amphtracs approaching
Offloading LST'sEstablishing the beachheads
Perimeter secured
Distant laying battleships
Roaring whilst harboredBarbed wire and minefields
Concrete obstacles
Cautiously proceeding
Behind armored vehiclesSay farewell to their comrades
Left in blood red waves
A sudden hail of metal
From camouflaged caves
Barrels of all calibers
Decimate the ranks
Concentrated fire
Hidden Ha Go tanksAirborne harakiri
Devastating wings
Naval bombardments
Ever ongoingShermans cracking pillboxes
Grinding spider holes
Flamethrowers spewing
Burn nests on these atollsCorsairs sending rockets
Drive the enemy back
Launch in desperation
Vicious counterattack
Storming on a noxious stew
Of putrefying dead
Fierce hand to hand combat
Charge with bayonetSevered heads, blackened flesh
Blood, bones, filth, and gore
Torn cadavers exposing
The gruesome face of warInsulate coral shores
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