I had a number of relatives who were pretty much subsistence farmers from Arkansas join the Navy because they thought it was exciting and had never seen an ocean. They all served in the Pacific. Amazingly, they all made it back home. They didn't talk about it much but they did say the Japs were "pretty serious" when it came to a fight.
I had a number of relatives who were pretty much subsistence farmers from Arkansas join the Navy because they thought it was exciting and had never seen an ocean. They all served in the Pacific. Amazingly, they all made it back home. They didn't talk about it much but they did say the Japs were "pretty serious" when it came to a fight.