My father on Ie Shima with some of the men of "C" Company, 1902 Aviation Engineer Battalion. Behind him to the left you can see the sea, and, beyond that, Okinawa. To the right, the American flag flies over the residue of the battle: a new military cemetery.
I've spent the last few months trying to find out more about the history of my father's unit during World War II. Since I found the letters he wrote home to my mother during the war, I've been working on the outline of a book.
He was an engineer. He graduated with an Army ROTC commission. I thought he was in the Corps of Engineers. But I was wrong. Or at least--sort of wrong.
