'Those poor souls. They didn't have their fathers here'

zulufucxsUS Marine Colonel Francis Fenton (pictured kneeling) conducting the funeral of his son PFC Mike Fenton, 19, who was killed near Shuri, Okinawa on May 7, 1945.

Upon arising, Colonel Fenton stared at the bodies of other Marine dead and said: 'Those poor souls. They didn't have their fathers here'

Gut check.