Is this a bad time to mention that my Marine Dad was at Iwo Jima?
He was manning an antiaircraft gun at the base of the Maryland's #3 turret.
I guess the Navy couldn't find Squids brave (or stupid?) enough to stand on an open deck while being attacked by Kamikazes.
One of which flew bare feet over his head under continuous withering AA fire to impact the top of said turret.
A few feet lower it would have hit the side of the turret and he wouldn't have lived to father me.
Twelve brave men lost their chance at the gene-pool at that moment.