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Sgt. George Hanes
WWII
| 8th Armored Division, Co. A, 49th Armored Infantry Battalion
Witnessing the destruction of war, Sgt. Hanes describes how badly the Germans were hit, and a terrifying ride home on a ship slammed by sixty foot waves. (4:39)
While taking German prisoners, Sgt. Hanes was surpised at how young many of them appeared. Here he shares how two farm women helped him capture four of them. (2:01)
In this chilling account, Sgt. Hanes recalls shooting and missing a German soldier and how he escaped heavy machine gun fire after his radio went dead. (3:08)
On the day he turned 18, Sgt. George Hanes registered to serve in the Army. He recalls why his infantry training was cut short, and describes an unfortunate booby trap accident. (2:35)
In 1945, after his battalion secured a German outpost, George Hanes faced the unthinkable, "friendly fire." In this eye-opening account, he describes what happened one very frightening night. (4:33)
Sherburn Searl, Jr.
WWII
| 109th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division
After a German artillery shell exploded dangerously close to him, Sherburn Searl praises the speed at which his fellow soldiers treated his life-threatening injury. (2:37)
Sherburn Searl tells a story of how quickly and arbitrarily tragedy could strike during wartime. (2:13)
Sherburn Searl describes the constant threat of artillery fire while heading through Europe into Germany in 1944. (1:10)
While his infantry regiment was making their way through France in 1944, Sherburn Searl remembers his first firefight and a few of the lives that were lost. (2:19)
Sherman Howard
WWII
| USS Volans (AKS-9)
Sherman Howard tried to enlist in the Marines, but he was too small, they said, so he went to the Navy in 1943. They had him on US coast patrol in a PBY and then put him to work as a mess cook but he wanted to go to sea. He shipped out for the Pacific in a retrofitted supply ship. (5:05)
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