Word: shore
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Intramuros . . ." And still another comes from Bob Sherrod, veteran of New Guinea and Attu, of Tarawa and Saipan, who landed with the Marines on Iwo Jima : "Shortly before we hit the beach three mortar shells dropped in the water beyond us, but the Higgins boat crunched on the shore and without even getting our feet wet we ran up the steep beach and started digging in. ... That first night can only be described as a nightmare in hell. The Japs rained heavy mortars and rockets and artillery on the entire area, and the beach was weird with the yellow-light...
There are four reasons why Iwo Jima is the toughest target in the Pacific war. First is the weather, which has been rough beyond anything encountered along the Central Pacific way. Only heroic work by LST and LSM men and shore parties has kept supplies moving through the fairly steady mortar fire on the beaches. One-third of our small boats have been knocked out by high surf or by enemy fire...
Then Spruance added more injury. Ignoring a Japanese air force that had once been able to reach down to Singapore to sink the Prince of Wales and Repulse, he turned his battleships, cruisers and destroyers in on the shore...
Shells on a Shore. Out of the gathering dusk loomed reef-ringed Okino-Daito, 450 miles from the Japanese homeland. All night the fleet paraded by while the guns spoke a deadly monologue. As dawn broke, the ships steamed...
...citation continued: "During initial assault phases Lt. Seaman efficiently co-ordinated action of his command with those of Naval Combat Demolition Units, Pontoon Causeway Units, and the off-shore traffic control unit to provide for the prompt clearing, organization and efficient operation of his beach areas . . . (Lt. Seaman) contributed materially to the success of the invasion and to proper maintenance of the Allied Armies in Southern France...