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Dr. Merrill Feldman
WWII
| 320th Medical Battalion, 95th Division
Although he was a medic and a non-combatant, Dr. Feldman remembers bullets flying around him and the moment that he picked up a gun to lead an attack against the Germans. (1:31)
Wounded in battle, Dr. Feldman headed out of Germany to recover. He describes where he went and what happened to his injured hand. (1:40)
Trained to climb cargo nets and in top physical condition, Dr. Feldman describes his trip to Omaha Beach after D-Day. He recalls the shock of seeing a cemetery where American soldiers were buried. (2:04)
In this dramatic account, Dr. Feldman describes how he faced heavy German resistance, losing half his battalion. He vividly recalls medically treating his badly injured comrades. (2:46)
Trained to mountain climb and lower wounded soldiers over cliffs while repelling, Dr. Feldman describes how many medics were needed on Europe's battlefields in 1943. (1:30)
After the war, Dr. Feldman headed back to college. He shares how he ended up in Harvard Medical School with dozens of fellow soldiers and the wild times that followed. (1:49)
Dr. Feldman reflects back on leaving Boston Harbor, wondering if he'd ever see it again. He relives his trip on the USS West Point traveling through bombed out parts of Liverpool before landing on the beaches where D-Day occurred. (2:38)
Dr. Feldman vividly recalls how the Americans barrelled through German towns and villages, thwarting the resistance of German citizens. (:40)
A shocking scene during World War II still sparks Dr. Merrill Feldman's memory. He describes seeing the first Messerschmidt jet plane and the rattling of machine gun fire pointed right at his battalion. (1:25)
Dr. Feldman vividly recalls defeating the German resistance, seizing strategic strongholds, and participating in victory parades. Now sixty years later he describes emotional reunions with those who survived. (2:46)
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