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Body count

Forrest Bryant Johnson, in his book Phantom Warrior: The Heroic True Story of Pvt. John McKinney's One-Man Stand Against the Japanese in World War II, describes the battle in enormous detail. He suggests that McKinney killed well over 100 enemy soldiers, but that his commanding officer reduced the number so as not to be accused of exaggeration. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.22.72.125 (talk) 19:20, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Another reason given was that a large number of the Japanese bodies had floated away, as the assault was across a sandbar between a river and a bay. These bodies count not be counted. Thomas R. Fasulo (talk) 15:15, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Read the book Phantom Warrior. It explains why McArthur had the body count reduced. The reason was he felt no one is going to believe that count of 140. They actually counted the bodies in front of the machine gun nest. That count was 140. The ones that floated away would surely increased that number. 67.173.199.149 (talk) 10:25, 13 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The request was by McArthur. Being in the thinking he killed 140 of the enemy in one engagement. 67.173.199.149 (talk) 10:19, 13 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

MoH verified: [1] (have to scroll down) --Whs itc hy 04:01, 28 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]