WWII PACIFIC Before Iwo Jima

What was the Samurai warrior code carried over by the Imperial Japanese Officer Corps?

• Tanaka

• Tora

• Bushido

• Haturi

Chesty Puller and 1st Marines were charged with defending ____________ on Guadalcanal

• Wake Airfield

• Bataan Peninsula

• Port Henry

• Henderson Airfield

Douglas MacArthur was noted for his brilliant defense of:

• Bataan Peninsula in the Philippines

• Wake Island

• Guadalcanal

• Singapore

Less than 500 US Marines defeated an entire Japanese invasion attempt before surrendering at:

• Iwo Jima

• Wake

• Okinawa

• Pearl Harbor

The Naval Battle where Japan lost its offensive capability was:

• Coral Sea

• Midway

• The Slot

• Philippine Sea

What type of ship was NOT sunk during the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor

• Battleship

• Destroyer

• Aircraft Carrier

• Minelayer

What tactic did the Japanese abandon AFTER Guadalcanal?

• Defense in Depth

• Kamikazee

• Digging in

• Human Wave Attacks

What US carrier was lost at the Battle of the Coral Sea?

• USS Lexington

• USS Enterprise

• USS Nimitz

• USS Yorktown

The Japanese government's use of the term "kamikaze" is a reference to:

• Bushido heritage

• Tsunami that sunk a Mongol invasion fleet

• Young Turk

• Child soldier

US Army Rangers rescued over 500 American POWs in:

• Formosa

• The Philippines

• Wake

• Guadalcanal