This is a bit of a weird specific request.

My grandfather served in the US Army during WWII and was in the battle of Okinawa. I'm not sure what regiment, but I know he was artillery, "TEC 5". When I was a kid, I remember we were sitting at a restaurant, somebody brought up the topic of gold (the metal), and I suppose he had a flashback. He said "when I was in the army, after battle, you know, they were dead, we would---" and then my dad covered my ears. I never got to ask him much about his time in the army because I was young, and he's been dead for about 11 years.

I've got to learn a lot about Okinawa since I've been living in Japan and visiting the islands, but the question still haunts me about what he was about to say. Naturally, my dad doesn't remember as this was close to 20 years ago. Does anyone have any idea? Did they take gold fillings from corpses' teeth? That's the only thing I can speculate. Also any general artillery info about that battle would be appreciated. I've tried looking for his records, but apparently the warehouse that held the records from those days flooded some time back (DoD/CIA/FBI/NFL coverup???). I miss my grandpa.

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