A fucking slaughter.

[**The following is in regards to the Battle of Iwo Jima in the Pacific Theatre of World War II.**] >Guy Castorini and a few other rookies were in one [**shell hole**] behind their leader, a veteran named Lundsford. “We had no idea if this was a bad battle or not. One of the guys yelled, ‘Hey, Lundsford, is this a bad battle?’ Lundsford shouted back, ‘It’s a fucking slaughter.’ Maybe two minutes later - *Whoom!* - we got hit with a mortar. I ducked and something dropped on my back and rolled off. It felt like a coconut or something. I looked down and saw that it was Lundsford’s head. Those were his last words: ‘A fucking slaughter.’ “ ___________________________ **Source:** Bradley, James, and Ron Powers. “D-Day.” *Flags of Our Fathers*. Bantam Dell, a Division of Random House, Inc., 2006. 158-59. Print. ___________________________ **Further Reading:** [Battle of Iwo Jima / Operation Detachment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Iwo_Jima) ___________________________ **If you enjoy this type of content, please consider donating to my [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/HistoryLockeBox)!**