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My dad did drag one of those across the sands of Iwo. He was taking cover in a shell crater with his platoon sargent when an enemy soldier tossed a grenade into the crater. My dad tossed his carbine out as he and his sargent jumped out of the crater. The grenade went off, and they both jumped back into the hole. This happened twice more. On the third time, my dad landed on top of his carbine when he jumped out, breaking the stock in half right at the wrist. He raised up and little and swore, and the Japanese guy shot him in the chest.

He later told me that, if he had known you could get shot for cussing, he'd have kept his head down and not worried about the rifle stock.