A Hell on Earth
	The Slaughter of New Recruits			8 of 8

Jack Hoag Radio man, Sixth Marine Division Survived combat on Guadalcanal, Bougainville, Guam, and Okinawa

The artillery probably hit as many of our people as they hit Japanese. We had a lot of people that were hurt from our own artillery, from short rounds and what have you... It really got me.. There would be these "ducks" -- you know, these trucks that go in the water. They'd go down the beach and pick up replacements, right fresh from the States. And those kids were in boot camp when we landed on the first of April. And they came over there as replacements. They'd take them up and drop them off at the foot of the hill, come back and they'd take the bodies, dead, out, bringing up more recruits, take them back up there, and bring back to the beach some they took up in the load before. Same kids. It was a slaughter up there.

Read Jack Hoag's memories of the planned invasion of Japan.