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Jim Sample

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Other units had gone around the Ruhr, but it fell to the 13th Armored Division to go in and clean up. It was there that Jim Sample came to hate church steeples. They either had a sniper in them or they made for excellent artillery targeting if you were near one. He knocked his own jeep out of commission through a freak accident with a grenade. (4:42)

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The heaviest action that Jim Sample saw was in the Ruhr Pocket. The German 88 fire was tremendous. The last movement for his unit was a run to Linz to meet up with Russian forces. He was diverted to protect a wayward tank and, while waiting there, he practiced his German with some local children. Hilarity ensued. (6:10)

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Jim Sample's unit was resting in a town park somewhere in the Ruhr Valley. Another American outfit was across the way and a shot from a sniper rang out. He couldn't believe what he saw transpire after that. (4:20)

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At the end of the war, Jim Sample had boxes full of pistols confiscated from Germans. He even had some that he took from Hungarian soldiers who were allied with the Nazis. He explains why none of them made it back home with him. (2:16)

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Once Germany was beaten, Jim Sample became a bit of a sightseer in Europe. He got to visit Berchtesgaden and Paris, among other places. The principle concern among the troops was points. If you didn't have enough, you might be invading Japan. (4:13)

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There was a little excitement on Jim Sample's trip home when lookouts on the ship spotted a stray mine in the water. They safely avoided that and, after a nice furlough, he had to finish out his enlistment. He became a cook for a while and then got to use the first skill he learned in the Army to finish up. (6:26)

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Jim Sample pays his respects to two fellow soldiers from the war who were very different. One was a great leader and the other was quite the rascal. (2:14)

Jim Sanders

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Jim Sanders retells the story of a pilot friend of his, Wade Claxton, being shot down over Northern Africa, and his unlikely rescue during World War II. (4:42)

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Jim Sanders describes the aftermath of the atomic bomb destruction of Nagasaki, Japan. (:55)

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Jim Sanders describes an unfortunate incident he witnessed while training at the Marine Air Corps station at Miramar. (1:07)