Chapter 4
Gail ended up dripping wet by the time she followed Sly onto the Peleliu.
With the windows shot out, the LCAC’s reentry into the Peleliu’s Well Deck and the resulting solid wall of spray had blown right into the control room and soaked them all.
They were last ashore, the embassy staff had already been escorted up to the Flight Deck for transport to the carrier.
Gail desperately wanted to go find her duffle and fresh clothes.
Instead, Sly Stowell tossed her a towel and led her up onto the Flight Deck, six or seven ladderways above the Well Deck. The darkness was thick over most of the Peleliu’s deck and the stars shone brightly high above them. A waning quarter moon was nosing up out of the sea like a mystical Moby d**k.
At the far end of the Flight Deck a pair of massive
