23.02.2019
A Seabee on Iwo Jima: The men who drove cranes and cats also served
On D+2 we were just off the south end of the island, in a Landing Ship, Tank. At about 1700, we were told to report to our equipment. We started our engines, the LST opened its bow doors, and the ramp dropped. We were at Red Beach. A Caterpillar bulldozer went first, to build a dirt ramp. ...