Craigster
My dad was also on the USS Evans in the Pacific during WW2.
He wouldn’t talk much about it until late in life, but had some amazing stories.
My step grandfather was on the USS Missoula, an APA at Iwo Jima. The Missoula only had defensive guns and no cannons. They were a troop carrier and brought many of the Marines who landed on the beach to that little engagement. But, he got an eye full of big guns the 7 days they were at Iwo before taking wounded Marines back to Saipan.
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