A little piece of history is found

[UnderseaLcpl]

Some months ago, my great uncle Edward died in Spokane, Washington. He was a Marine fought in a number of battles in the Pacific during ww2, the most notable being Iwo Jima. Not ten minutes ago, my father stopped by the house to deliver to me uncle Ed's own personal war journal. I didn't even know he had one, but apparently it was passed from him to my uncle Glen (a Marine Captain), and from him to me! I'm so excited that I have to alternate between typing this post and trying to make some sense out of this indecipherable loopy writing that was made with some kind of ink-depositing writing implement!

I'll post pics as soon as I can get my hands on a digital camera. Actually, I probably should have waited until I had a digital camera to post this, but I simply cannot contain my exuberance. Think of it, an actual first-hand account penned by someone who was actually there!!! He also got a bronze star or something, and he was a machine-gunner, just like I was! This jewel is going right alongside the WW2 mementoes from my grandfather and my own collection of blood-stained crap. My father told me that uncle Glen has some of uncle Ed's other things as well, which are to be bequeathed to me whenever he decides to give them up. If it weren't almost 22:00 Pacific, I'd call him right now to find out what they are.

I'll try to get pics up tommorrow or the next day, depending on how quickly we get moved and whether or not the AT&T guy gets things set up in time (I'm moving). I'm out for now, I just have to read this thing, or at least try to; uncle Ed's penmanship is really awful.

Let's hope we find some awesome stuff!