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Jack Simpson

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Apparently, they were short of Lieutenants one day so they made Pfc Jack Simpson a Forward Observer. He slipped into a village behind enemy lines and called in the targets for the gunners. It was the scariest thing he ever did. (4:08)

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Two strong memories are recalled by Jack Simpson, coming face to face with General George S. Patton while he reviewed the troops after the war, and coming face to face with brutality and horror as he entered the Dachau concentration camp. (4:17)

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Rotation home after the war was based on points and Jack Simpson had them, having seen a lot of action starting with Anzio. He became a Special Agent with the FBI and then achieved a singular status as a Peace Officer in Georgia. (3:13)

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Jack Simpson reads a passage from his book, "Hay...But Not In The Barn," based on his experiences as a howitzer gunner at the Battle of Anzio. (7:23)

Jack Swallows

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It appealed to him that the Marines were considered the toughest so Jack Swallows signed up in high school for the Marine officer training course and he received a commission after college ROTC. He chose the artillery because they had things the infantry didn't have. (4:49)

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Jack Swallows joined the 12th Marine Regiment on Okinawa in 1965. The artillery unit was training for a certain deployment to Vietnam and on July 1, he shipped out. The first thing he noticed when he got there was the usual thing everyone remembers. (4:26)

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It was just south of Da Nang where Jack Swallows began his Vietnam tour and, right away, it was sniper fire and booby traps. He learned to avoid the improvised explosives and was shocked to learn how much of the populace was on the other side. (6:46)

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In the area known as the Salt Flats, Marine forward observer Jack Swallows just tried to stay out of the relentless monsoon rain. Then he was attached to a unit that did recon on an area that was slated for a Marine base and reported no enemy or booby traps. By the time the Marines moved to that hill, it was no longer clear. (4:31)

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Operation Harvest Moon was the largest action that Jack Swallows participated in during his Vietnam tour. The Marine forward observer moved out south of Da Nang to help a South Vietnamese unit that had been overrun. He made it through a ferocious firefight, but was unable to call in artillery fire because of orders. Part 1 of 3. (7:10)

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After a fierce firefight the night before, the Marines located the stranded South Vietnamese unit and found a forward observer team that had lost their officer, but had continued calling in artillery fire that saved the survivors. Jack Swallows was in the relieving unit and has a regret about that day. Part 2 of 3 (5:20)