D day June 6 1944

I've gotten old and one thing us geriatrics do is repeat ourselves, so bear with me if You've heard my story before.
Out of all my years in the Navy, with thirteen on sea duty, carrier and amphib assault ships, the thing that stands out the most in all the ports visits and travels is this.
One Sunday morning the LPH I was on, USS New Orleans, we anchored off the coast of Iwo Jime, with Mount Suribachi clearly in view, we held church service on the flight deck, You could hear a pin drop, a most solemn and respectful time for all of us.
As a side note, Suribachi in Japanese language is a grinding bowl as in mortar and pestle, I find that ironic as that's exacltly what it became, a grinding bowl !