[awelliott]

Dad was on the Maryland, trying to shoot down the kamikaze who flew low over his head to impact the top of the #3 turret, killing 12 Sailors and Marines.

Mine was an antitank gunner with the 27th ID. He was right on the front during the banzai attack on Saipan and was uninjured. On Okinawa, his sector was supposedly cleared when he was grazed in the head by a sniper. We were blessed with a generation of heroes, just when we needed them.

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We were blessed with a generation of heroes, just when we needed them.

Yes we were.