would the millions of corpses rotting in jungles and caves and those devoured by raptors on beaches of the islands that dot the pacific have come back to life and joined the reported million ground troops and the vast home guard and the hordes composed of civilians , like the skeleton and the little teacher of english , who had survived the bombings of their homes , schools , hospitals , and factories , and armed with the world war i vintage rifles stacked on the battered docks of yokohama , have driven off the amphibious legions spewed from lst 's , lct 's , lci 's , and lsm 's , bearing garands , browning automatic rifles , and grenades , supported by field guns , howitzers , mortars , armored personnel carriers , and tanks , that were invading their homeland ?