EXPLOSION AT TOPSIDE - 4 MARCH 1945

 

"During the great explosion today in the enlisted men barracks, Pfc Whall & Pierce, George was lightly wounded & all blinded (sic) from phosphorus shells. The same shell started the fire & explosions. The remainder of the stay on the Rock was spent on perimeter on Topside along the barracks."

 F Company History,

 

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