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Hey Jack, my buddy moved to Vegas a couple years ago. I called him before Xmas when I heard he wasn't doing well (cancer).
He never made it off the beach at Iwo. Shot in the neck, they had him in the "waiting to die" section when the sgt running the med-evacs off the beach recognized him as a neighbor kid. Made sure they got him out to the hospital ship. Partially paralyzed, but he survived.
He was a fun, old, crusty MF.

Mark,

What a story! I never cease to be chillingly awed by the capriciousness of battle. Wish I'd had a chance to thank him, and thank him, and thank him, for his sacrifice. I hope you did.

Tinfoilhat:

I'm still not sure what drives shooters to get "that shot"... bro's the camera op in the family. I stick to the graphic/animation and audio side - corrective lenses and eyecups don't mix... doesn't help that he's built like a tripod and I'm more a monopod (both 6' 3", I'm 155lbs, he's somewhere over 200)... we were working the Military Tattoo here one year, him on the arena floor with the shooty bits, me up in the booth... he set up a great shot just before a fusillade... and got a quick and painful reminder that rifles eject to the right... sonuvabee got 5 hot brass rounds that dropped into various parts of his tech vest - but never gave up the shot.

Bren R.

You are right about photogs getting the shot above all else. When the howitzer went off I thought for a moment that I might actually be dead, but the footage showed only the slightest nudge that lasted just 2 frames and then the camera stabilized. I was shooting handheld at the time. Man, you do stupid things when you're young.

Ajax,
if you're a big study of WW2 you should attempt to locate the documentary series "the Valour and the Horror". It was developed for CBC and was something like 20hours. They focused mostly on Canucks role in the war. Extremely graphic and very haunting. Probably one of the best documentaries I've ever watched on WW2 - and should be required viewing for any person, Canadian or otherwise.

Thanks Scott. It sounds very interesting. I'll see if I can find it. Thanks again.