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Iwo Jima
Had an uncle who was a Seabee. Didn’t know until a few years ago that they fought with the Marines to take beaches until they had things stabilized enough to bring ashore their construction equipment. Uncle Ned was 5’4” and the most gentle, kind man I ever met.
Dad tells me that Uncle Ned fought at Tarawa and Okinawa as well as other islands. You never would have guessed it had you met him.
Uncle Tom, a tank driver in North Africa who later volunteered for the Air Force during Korea was another story. Not a big man and I probably only met him 3-4 times but he looked fierce. Of course I was quite young the last time I saw him. Both those uncles are gone now.
https://news.yahoo.com/amphtml/iwo-jima ... 00692.html
Dad tells me that Uncle Ned fought at Tarawa and Okinawa as well as other islands. You never would have guessed it had you met him.
Uncle Tom, a tank driver in North Africa who later volunteered for the Air Force during Korea was another story. Not a big man and I probably only met him 3-4 times but he looked fierce. Of course I was quite young the last time I saw him. Both those uncles are gone now.
https://news.yahoo.com/amphtml/iwo-jima ... 00692.html
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"We should just sanction stupidity as our national pastime and be done with it."-TemerityB, WL Asshat