My experience is that most of those who have held the shitty end of the stick don't like to talk about it. The few who do seem to be the type who become mercenaries. Most of the rest of the story tellers tended to be on the fringe of things, seems like having your buddies splattered all over you causes long term mental anguish for the survivors. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" -----------------------------------
Bob Sullivan wrote: > Bill, > It isn't that kind of a book. The book recounts the history of the > individual flag raisers before and after the picture. The funeral > director guy joined the Navy to stay out of the ground war. His > beginning training in Undertaking got him into the medical corps and > then the units training for Iwo Jima. They were all just kids > straight out of the '40's. > Most of them didn't fare well after the flag raising. The three who > came back for the war bonds tour survived, but only the Wisconsin > undertaker thrived. Their lives were sadly colored by the experience. > It's the kind of thing that haunts you with a lifetime of nightmares. > Regards, BobS. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
