Religion In The Comics - 044

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3. That writer must have been on drugs.

The U.S. Marines didn't land ANYWHERE in Europe during WWII. They were busy enough in the Pacific, visiting Gawd's tropical paradises like Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima and Okinawa.

That seems like a really stupid goof. But I guess the writer figured his audience was kids who wouldn't know any better.

As often seen in religious hokum (like the entire bio of one Jesus Christ), the writer has sort-of mixed in a few facts with his fantasies.

There WAS a legendary Marine mortarman named "Lou." But his name was Lou Diamond. One famous story says he sunk a Japanese ship with mortar fire alone, but hardly anybody takes that one seriously.

If the name sounds familiar, the actor/director Lou Diamond Phillips is named for him. Phillips' father was a Marine.