[MacNaughton]

I think VDH's relative who died on Okinawa (in the battle of Sugar Loaf Hill) was a first cousin, not an uncle.

You are correct. Thanks for the tip.

11/22/2017, A New Year's Toast To The Old Breed

... As a college student, I once pressed him about my cousin and his closest male relative, Victor Hanson, a corporal of the Sixth Marine Division who was killed on the last day of the assault on Sugar Loaf Hill on Okinawa. ...

[Verginius Rufus]

My father was part of the group that first captured the top of Sugar Loaf Hill on the evening of May 14, led by Major Courtney (who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor). My father was one of a handful of the men who first went up who was still alive the next morning. He lived 65 more years He was offered a silver star for his role in the battle but opted for a bronze star since he already had a silver star (for Guam). That gave him one more ribbon.