Preserving The Oral HistorIES of Combat Veterans
3:13 | Morton Chalef recalls his first real shock of combat after parachuting into France in 1944.
Morton Chalef recalls his first real shock of combat after parachuting into France in 1944.
While keeping watch in a foxhole north of the Battle of the Bulge, Morton Chalef describes initiating machine gun and artillery fire on a suspected enemy position, with humorous results.
After taking fire and eventually overcoming a German machine gun battery, Morton Chalef describes the surprising discovery of just who had been manning the guns.
After taking over a German position in Krefeld, Germany, Morton Chalef remembers capturing and escorting 11 German prisoners, but making a nearly fatal mistake in the process.
Morton Chalef describes how German artillery would fire random harassment rounds into towns and how he survived the "luck of the draw" one night.
Morton Chalef tells the story of his first battle in Beeck, Holland, while making his way into Germany in 1944.
