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November 10th, 2008, 05:27 AM
‘We were receiving fire from everywhere’ (The State)
It was just before dawn in March 1945 on the smoking, stinking, moon-like island of death that was Iwo Jima. Nealy Adolph Sweat of Summerville was carefully peeking over the rim of the shell crater that was keeping him alive when a shot cracked out. The Japanese bullet ripped through the front of his iron helmet, miraculously curled around the liner and blew the helmet off Sweat’s head. “The ...
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It was just before dawn in March 1945 on the smoking, stinking, moon-like island of death that was Iwo Jima. Nealy Adolph Sweat of Summerville was carefully peeking over the rim of the shell crater that was keeping him alive when a shot cracked out. The Japanese bullet ripped through the front of his iron helmet, miraculously curled around the liner and blew the helmet off Sweat’s head. “The ...
More... (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/parachute/SIG=11tp40ss0/*http%3A//www.thestate.com/local/story/584582.html?RSS=local)
by Yahoo Parachute News