Okinawa was a meat-grinder and nowhere worse than Sugar Loaf Hill. There was a point, the old Marine told me, when a couple of guys were hit advancing up the slope, one of them a popular sergeant. Both were wounded badly. The Japs, who had perfect line of sight on them, left them alive to sucker guys into the killing zone. It worked. Four men tried, four men died. The Nambus and Arisakas got them all. The CO ordered that no else try. One Marine, a tall lanky blond-headed kid (the old Marine thought he was from Minnesota) volunteered to distract the Japanese while others would effect the rescue. "How're you going to do that?" he was asked. "Leave that to me," he replied. "Just be ready when I get their attention." The young Marine worked his way back down, crossed under cover and concealment and finally managed to get about a hundred yards or so down to the right, where a little hillock lay which could be seen by just about the entire Japanese position above. The young Marine then stripped off all his clothes, revealing a large erection. Leaping up on the hillock where he could be seen by everyone, American and Japanese alike, he began what the old Marine called, laughingly, in wonder, "the only tactical jack-off I ever seen." The hill fell silent as the young Marine demonstrated for the multi-national crowd. Several Marines jumped up and ran to get the two men. One had died, but the sergeant was still alive. All made it back to cover without a shot being fired. Having accomplished his missions, the young Marine jumped back down behind the hillock, pulled on his dungarees, and returned to his squad. The battle quickly resumed. Story is told in a later section of this blog post https://sipseystreetirregulars.blogspot.com/2011/07/tactical-jack-off-democrats-attempt-to.html