Trinity Site

[emmagee1917]

One of my heroes is my friend Jim Campbell , one of the last living 1st Marine Raiders . He and his best friend was on Tinian when the Indianapolis delivered " Little Boy ' . LB was placed in a shed on the airstrip overnight and Jim and his friend was assigned as guards . Because his friend had a sore foot , he walked the perimeter all night and his friend stood watch inside . They were there to watch the loading of the bomb . The Commander then determined they were a security risk and could no longer go on patrols :>) . They came back after the war and Jim spent a month in CA. visiting friends and relatives and was packing to move back east to his friend as they were going to build motorcycles of their own design when his friend's wife called him . His friend had died , in his 20s , from Leukemia . :>(
He is now in his 90s , and his best friend's name is lost to the fog of time . May he RIP .
Chris