Leonard Dziabas
WWII | H Company, 351st Infantry Regiment, 88th Infantry Division
When Leonard Dziabas went to basic training, equipment was so scarce that the draftees drilled with broomsticks and there were trucks marked "Tank" and "Airplane." It felt like playing cowboys and Indians to him. On a long hike in the hot Louisiana sun, the men were parched and drank from a stream, but when they rounded the bend, they regretted it. (7:16)