My mom, into her 80s, recalled the names of her high school friends who didn’t come home from the Pacific and European campaigns.
On the county courthouse square (Appanoose County, Iowa) an engraved stone lists their names.
Like I said. I had two uncles there. One in the Navy who was on the Missouri and the other in the Marines.
The one in the Marines said that they had been given manila envelopes to put all their belongings in and to write their last letters and turn them in. Said that after they found out that the Bombs were dropped, they managed to get hold of cases of beer and got so GD drunk they couldnt function for a week.