lots of Departure Days...all were D-Days....some worse than others, all could be deadly.
Dad landed on Guadalcanal and Bougainville on their D-Days, and was taken down by a Filariasis mosquito after these 2 battles. back in the states and after recouperating he was a Marine prison guard at the Naval prison at Portsmouth...was to be sent back into action for the invasion of Japan but thank God for Harry Truman and the stones to use the A-Bomb.
113th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion History
My grandfather wrote the history of his battery D Battery or Dog Battery
http://www.scribd.com/doc/158942992/113th-Antiaircraft-Artillery-Gun-Battalion-History-All
“.was to be sent back into action for the invasion of Japan but thank God for Harry Truman and the stones to use the A-Bomb.”
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I’m a bit younger than your Dad (81) but agree with you that the A-Bomb was a good thing.
I have been roundly criticized for this opinion-—and could not care less.
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