Vasquez-Cruz turned on his flashlight. He aimed it at a rock cove. It was shallow—about eight feet deep. Dudley smelled it and saw it. Dudley noted the drag marks and counted the stiffs. Sixteen Jap sailors. Not yet decomposed. Close-range gunshot wounds. Shots to the head. Probable close-range ambush. Tangled bodies. Facial powder burns and jawline stippling. Exploded bridgework and shattered teeth. Vasquez-Cruz
