 The next morning, the crew of American landing craft "LST-926" claimed to have found the still smoldering remains of a 'cockpit' [implying a shootdown or violent ditching of some sort, but not the exact cause] with three bodies on the beach of "Iheyajima Island".The third man, his head crushed and right arm missing, wore a dark green uniform and a short sword was found nearby.The sailors buried the bodies in the sand.