Bump. Dad ended up out in the Pacific with his brother because of that. Both survived. Lot of men lost.
My uncle was in the Navy during WW2, Arthur Hopkins, we even still have his Navy book where he had to sign the chapters he was required to read. What’s bizarre is the book was made water proof so it looks like it’s just a week old. I remember my Aunt telling me when he left his hair was jet black, when he came back it was white. He was killed in a motorcycle accident in the 1980s