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Milt Dank
WWII
| Glider Pilot, 91st Troop Carrier Squadron, 439th Troop Carrier Group, 1st Allied Airborne Infantry
In this surprising account, Milt Dank relives the frightening experience of being hit by friendly fire and what happened next. (2:36)
Milt Dank describes why his German prisoners believed they had lost the war. He jokes about how he celebrated victory by almost "violating" the Geneva Convention. (2:01)
In this recollection, Milt Dank talks about the weapons he carried and why he felt safer holding a submachine gun. (1:17)
Milt Dank relives his last mission at the Rhine Crossing, his glider being hit by German flak, landing in the thick of sniper fire, and his encounters with the enemy on the ground. (3:12)
Pilot Milt Dank describes how his glider was made for different wartime situations and tells a humorous story about a captured German officer. (3:41)
Milton Applefield
WWII
| U.S. Army, 1303rd Engineers, HQ Company
Mr. Applefield discusses the great times that he and his men spent with German nuns. (2:17)
Mr. Applefield shares a funny incident he experienced while in Luxembourg involving mines. (2:41)
Mr. Applefield describes personally witnessing the effects that concentration camps had on freed Jewish people. (1:01)
While exploring a destroyed town near the Rhine River, Mr. Applefield discovers an expensive piece of jewelry that he sends home and eventually presents to his wife. (3:21)
Mr. Applefield recalls coming in contact with German troops and nearly shooting an Ally. (1:12)
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