My dad fought the Japs in WW2 in New Guinea. I served in the Marines and Navy until my retirement in 1998. I was discussing how homosexuals on board ships were a problem, and that as a det oic on a frigate, in the early 1990s during the Clinton administration, my men complained about a Negro homo who would hang out in the head and shower rooms in the morning, ogling his naked shipmates. I informed the XO of the ship of the problem, but nothing was ever done about it. My dad then informed me that during his deployments on the troop carrier ships in WW2, that it was not uncommon for homosexuals to be thrown overboard during the hours of darkness. My how things have changed since then.
My grandfather talked about the homo's on 2 different ships during WWII. Most were stewards. One was pretty obvious but when going into Iwo Jima he manned a machine gun and did his share shooting at Jap airplanes. He said for the most part the crew ignored them and they pretty much stayed to themselves.
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