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Howard Green

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Howard Green talks about a particular vulnerability that U.S. tanks had when crossing the hedgerows after the invasion of Normandy. (1:00)

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Howard Green remembers a close call his light tank company had with a German Tiger tank while heading into Germany. (2:19)

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Howard Green remembers constant threats from the air as his company made its way through Europe into Germany in 1944. (3:13)

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Howard Green recalls camping out within viewing distance of German troops in a small town, and how the German troops treated some of the townspeople. (1:52)

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Howard Green recalls witnessing an Allied air attack on German troops at St. Lo, France in 1944. (2:12)

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Howard Green describes the aftermath of war he witnessed while making his way from Normandy into Germany in 1944, and the effect that it had on him. (1:43)

Howard Margol

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Howard Margol and his twin brother went from college to Army life in 1943 and then the real learning began. They learned not to volunteer, not to go to Officer Candidate School, not to send your son to military school, and how to get a hot shower when only officers have hot showers. (9:16)

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He had desert training and mountain training, so Howard Margol figured that with the way the Army usually worked, he would be sent to the Pacific. What he wanted was a transfer to the 42nd Rainbow Division where his twin brother was serving. Told there was no way short of a letter to President Roosevelt from his mother, he decided to try that. (8:54)

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The ROTC at the University of Florida had artillery but it was horse drawn. The horses were pretty smart, recalls Howard Margol. As his modern, mobile artillery unit prepared to embark for France, two jokers figured out a novel way to stretch out a half day pass. (9:29)

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As soon as they could clean the Cosmoline from their weapons after disembarking in Southern France, they were trying to stop one end of a German pincer movement. The other end was the Battle of the Bulge. Howard Margol describes that action and then tells how the men got even with a tyrannical Lieutenant. (7:29)