How to delete a face using open mesh?

Question

Pretty much the title I am trying to delete a few faces of a mesh using open mesh, like this:

    MyMesh mesh;

    char fname[1024];
    sprintf(fname, "box_%i.obj", 0);
    if (!OpenMesh::IO::read_mesh(mesh, std::string(fname)))
    {
        std::cerr << "read error\n";
        exit(1);
    }

    MyMesh::FaceIter v_it, v_end(mesh.faces_end());
    uint count = 0;
    for (v_it=mesh.faces_begin(); v_it!=v_end; ++v_it)
    {
        mesh.delete_face(*v_it, true);
    }

This is segfaulting on the first call to delete_face.

However, writing this mesh (without trying to delete faces):

    if (!OpenMesh::IO::write_mesh(mesh, std::string("open_mesh.obj")))
    {
        std::cerr << "write error\n";
        exit(1);
    }

Works perfectly fine and blender can open the obj. So the issue very much seems to be with how I am trying to delete the faces.