Lieutenant P. K. Plakis: "Men, remember we are at war. We are at war with the US Navy. We are at war with the US Army. We are at war with the Marine Corps and last, but not least, we are at war with the Japanese."
"His philosophy proved accurate more times than I care to remember, especially when it came to food."
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picture (left, below): Don and some other men spending night in a shell-hole heated by volcanic action and finding at dawn that there was an unexploded 75 mm shell. Getting out of the hole, Don coming across a human arm. There was no body anywhere and none of the men was hit. They couldn't explain it.
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souvenir hunting to gain food: a Jap rifle carried to the beach=4 eggs or 6 potatoes; a Japanese light machine gun (77mm, type 99): "went for a gallon of 190 proof medicinal alcohol."-Flags: "exchanged for bread or cash."
"Other enemy pieces held set values as well, with swords the most valuable of all."
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picture (above, left): a snapshot of a Japanese LSM: "Impromptu stove set-up on ash-covered deck brought hungry Marines from all directions. Admiral Raymond A. Spruance and staff even came aboard."
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picture (right): showing place where Don received his third wound.
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