My father was a trcuk driver with Company B motor transport. he never talked much about his service except to tell me his unit swiped some officers whiskey while unloading in new caledonia. He also talked about building a still on one of the islands. I found out from one of his buddies that he was on the end of the Lst that was hit and thrown along ways away by the force of the blast. He then went back and helped many of the injured men out without regards to his own safety. When iasked him about it he siad he did what he had to do and end of story. he did tell me the worse was one one of the men asked him to shoot him because he was missing an arm and a leg. My father was a quiet man by all accounts but never thought he would come home alive. He is gone now and I miss him and I honor his memory and service through this post. I would love to know if anyone rmembers him. His name was Harvey Burgess USMC PFC.
He was about 6 1 and had auburn to brown hair. He was from Arkansas. Semper Fi and a great praise for the SeeBees