To: AmericanInTokyo
Yes. Pop told me the water was as red as wine. He'd get choked up recalling the number of men screaming for their mothers with their stomachs opened up. He originally thought he was part of the 2nd wave because of the number of dead on the beach by the time he got in the water and the destroyed landing craft. It wasn't until 1994 when my Uncle gave him a Time 50th Annversay book about the landing that he discovered he went ashore with the first wave.
He absolutely loathed holocaust deniers and was part of the contingent of American troops that came upon and liberated Gusen concentration camp in Austria.
11 posted on
06/07/2010 9:13:10 AM PDT by
mrmeyer
("When brute force is on the march, compromise is the red carpet." Ayn Rand)
To: mrmeyer
Hats OFF. What a story.
THIS IS AMERICA.
21 posted on
06/07/2010 8:10:04 PM PDT by
AmericanInTokyo
(After DPRK collapse opened State Archives may well show Roger Clinton was serviced by NK "honeypots")
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