occupation and after that i went back to the states and i spent the rest of my enlistment in the brooklyn navy yard which was pretty close to home, and it was very nice. so i have not much more to say. except that people that we lost, marines that we lost on iwo was 6,491 dead and over 17,000 wounded. of course, for the marine corps, it was a balance of the airmen that we saved by landing their 29s on the airstrip at iwo. it was like a 16 or 18-hour round trip from where they took off in saipan to japan and back. so a lot of them had malfunctions or problems or other things or severely wounded men and they'd land on iwo and take care, get fixed up and proceed back home. so at the time that this was happening, i said, well, they're saving all these guys, we're killing ourselves. in the long run, after i became a little more mature, i was 18 when all this happened, i realized that for the better good it was what we did and what we lost was compensated for. so thank you very much, and i'm just happy to be here. [ applause ] >> my next question is for mr. yellin.mr. yelliyellin yellin. you said yo