Nobody ever defended anything successfully, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
Success is how you bounce on the bottom.
War is an art and as such is not susceptible of explanation by fixed formula
In case of doubt, attack.
Do your duty as you see it, and damn the consequences.
We want to get the hell over there. The quicker we clean up this Goddamned mess, the quicker we can take a little jaunt against the purple pissing Japs and clean out their nest, too. Before the Goddamned Marines get all of the credit.