Tuor, I believe they were also only for fear, I imagine if they were of any other use Aragorn would have had them come to Pelennor. However, you are right, if JRRT put in the AotD at Pelennor, there would be no use for the Gondorians and Rohirrim being there. A point Tolkien wanted to show was the strength of men. The kingdom of men was growing, as we see with Helm's Deep, and Minas Tirith, both attacks of which PJ screwed up and made it seem Men couldn't have won without elves/green slime. PJ stuck to Osgiliath and Minas Tirith, in Gondor, which is understandable you don't want to make it complicated. But, there was much more to Gondor, the men from Lebennin waiting for the Corsair ships, Imrahil, the archers from Morthond, Forlong...etc.
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