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Ken Johnson
WWII
| 101st Airborne, 506 PIR, H Company
In this amazing story, Ken Johnson reflects on how he and his fellow troops outsmarted the Germans who outnumbered them. He quotes a famous word used by an officer who refused to surrender. (:50)
Ken Johnson laughs as he recalls how his platoon encouraged British soldiers to shoot multiple rounds at a German soldier. It was a joke they played while facing serious danger. (1:30)
Fear was not a factor. That's what Ken Johnson describes about his rigorous training as a paratrooper. He tells how having his tooth pulled didn't slow down his mission to Normandy. (3:26)
In this dramatic account, Ken Johnson tells how he was rescued from a shell hole after fighting off German troops and where he was taken next. (1:24)
Assigned to H company, Ken Johnson became a machine gunner. He describes how he felt about the new dangers he faced and what his commanding officer said to him before battle. (1:31)
After seizing a bridge from the Germans in Holland, Ken Johnson had his strangest experience, being dispatched to an area where other troops were withdrawing. He tells why they warned him and his platoon. (3:02)
As artillery bursts lit up the sky, Ken Johnson brought a chicken back to eat in his shell hole. He relives the moments he jumped into the hole and how his helmet saved his life. (1:23)
Loaded down with equipment, paratrooper Ken Johnson had to be helped into his seat on the plane. In this account, he relives his first jump at an incredible speed and getting injured in the air. (3:01)
Ken Jordan
WWII
| 1253rd Engineer Combat Battalion
While serving at a prisoner of war camp, Ken Jordan recalls the horror of finding a mass grave nearby which had been used by German soldiers to dispose of the bodies of Allied soldiers and local citizens. (1:50)
Ken Jordan recalls getting pulled into a surprise celebration while on a reconnaissance mission in Brunswick, Germany, in 1945. (1:21)
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