February 13, 1945-- "Underway for Iwo Jima!! Where the hell does Rosie get her information? Maybe the Jap fleet will come out this time-- I hope. I'd like to get this business over with & go home."
FEB. 14, 1945-- "Another kid jumped over the side last night. So far all these guys who have cracked up are in their teens. Maybe they haven't lived long enough to know that what they are fighting for is worth all the discomforts we have to put up with."
FEB. 16, 1945-- "Commenced bombardment (of Iwo Jima). Funny looking island with a dead volcano on one end called Suribachi."
You don't hear much about sailors committing suicide during the war.
--GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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