Sixty-nine years ago, my late father was just twenty. He was a PFC in the Third Marine Division and a veteran of the Bougainville (1943) and Guam ( 1944) Campaigns. He and his pal Bob Guth were aboard an LST off Iwo Jima on this day in 1945. Thanks Dad, Bob and all of the other heroes who made very little of their great sacrifices.
