[stumpy]

When I was in Boot camp in 1965, we were shown some color combat footage of the assault on Betio. The lagoon turned pink before our eyes. It is estimated there were 1000 Marine casualties before the first Marine got onto the shore.

[MistyCA]

ohhhhh. It's hard to hear that, much less see that. I know that is what they said about the beaches of Normandy too.