Honor vs. dishonor: The story of the Pacific’s 4th Marine Regiment

Excellent read on this unit- didn't know some of the information and learned something

SMSgt Lawrence McCarter SrA Christopher Wright Sgt Randy Wilber SGT Gregory Lawritson Cpl (Join to see) Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth LTC (Join to see) MSG Frederick Otero SFC Pete Kain SSG David Andrews SCPO Morris Ramsey SPC Margaret Higgins SGT Jim Arnold PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SGT Charles H. Hawes CPL Dave Hoover TSgt Joe C. MSG Dan Walther Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Maj William W. 'Bill' Price

Great Read, their is no dishonor in following orders, the Marines were ordered to surrender. I wonder if Wainwright would have made the same decision if he knew how brutal the Marines were going to be treated as a POW in the hands of the Japanese.

Not sure Wainwright had many options available to him at the time. From what little I've read the only other option was to fight until all ammo was gone and/or all were KIA. It seems like they were outgunned and out of ammo to the extent that surrender was imminent, and I would imagine Wainwright had little choice in the matter. Both Army and Marines fought hard in the Pacific thereafter, with the aid of Army Air and US Navy. Bottom line was that Pearl Harbor caught us unprepared in terms of the larger global picture. The Japanese were already dug in all over the Pacific prior to the attack. Some theories exist about early warning for the physical attack on Pearl though.