(11-07-2012, 09:09 AM)JayTownsend Wrote: I deleted my earlier posting, I don’t think it added anything beneficial to this folder.
In like vein, I deleted my reply as it is now superfluous.
It was not my intention to generate controversy and I did not anticipate any response to my initial post here: I thought that I was simply giving my personal feedback to the inquiry made by Shad in the OP. In no manner was I reflecting on Jay's work in designing Saipan.
As for Shad's cognitive dissonance regarding why one might have no interest in Pacific Theatre land warfare, one might as well ask why one person is into air combat (or likes to build model airplanes), whereas the next person is into sea warfare (or prefers to build model ships), whereas ... there's no accounting for taste sometimes. :
hrugs::