Preserving The Oral HistorIES of Combat Veterans
3:07 | Hanks Jones shares his story of how he ended up surrounded by 200 German soldiers in Alsace-Lorraine who, luckily for him, had no interest in fighting.
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Despite his training, Hanks Jones recalls an alarming sight that quickly made him lose his "John Wayne syndrome" on his first day in Europe during World War II.
Tasked with laying communication lines, Hanks Jones talks about the dangers his unit faced on the front lines in Europe during World War II.
Hanks Jones, a communications technician, talks about how his unit would sleep in abandoned houses to protect themselves from artillery fire and shrapnel in France during World War II.
Hanks Jones discusses how many German soldiers became disillusioned with the war and began to readily surrender towards the end of World War II.
