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I eat the wrong foods and I don't sleep enough and I procrastinate and I waste time and I care too much about stupid things and not enough about important things. | <0>3466<0>718<0>3194<0>3591<0>3067<0>595<0>595<0>3673<0>2621<0>590<0>3974<0>3840<0>690<0>1858<0>1490<0>696<0>230<0>2070<0>3519<0>1490<0>2734<0>3131<0>546<0>3177<0>1858<0>3667<0>1683<0>2735<0>1472<0>1798<0>2323<0>72<0>704<0>405<0>2239<0>3699<0>1401<0>169<0>3404<0>3853<0>1535<0>1535<0>1042<0>3751<0>1490<0>3249<0>1547<0>3... |
I have a saying, and it's, and you've probably heard me say it before, a person's strengths are often their biggest weaknesses. And so that also means that their weaknesses can be their strengths. | <0>3949<0>644<0>1190<0>2581<0>76<0>595<0>1473<0>475<0>3850<0>657<0>3842<0>2426<0>2847<0>2704<0>1925<0>1150<0>1401<0>1490<0>607<0>1355<0>1023<0>1547<0>373<0>289<0>1151<0>1843<0>3443<0>595<0>3974<0>1547<0>3185<0>3348<0>2615<0>3793<0>3850<0>3278<0>230<0>847<0>2471<0>3594<0>666<0>2976<0>3434<0>2066<0>358<0>2864<0>545<0>243... |
In all those ways that I listed, I am weak. | <0>1651<0>368<0>2070<0>3857<0>3857<0>189<0>3026<0>1388<0>1780<0>584<0>538<0>2092<0>1138<0>2932<0>2932<0>22<0>118<0>2847<0>308<0>1685<0>1525<0>2070<0>2094<0>3850<0>1749<0>792<0>3172<0>3903<0>3862<0>3799<0>1908<0>3447<0>1171<0>1539<0>979<0>2566<0>1858<0>2185<0>602<0>3981<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0... |
I don't accept that I am what I am and that THAT is what I'm doomed to be. No. I don't accept that. I'm fighting. | <0>2664<0>1525<0>1547<0>3963<0>1833<0>474<0>22<0>3821<0>1525<0>206<0>3020<0>1525<0>824<0>1525<0>3793<0>3214<0>185<0>1547<0>1547<0>2375<0>2070<0>696<0>2976<0>433<0>1525<0>1547<0>1547<0>1547<0>1547<0>901<0>2196<0>1547<0>2498<0>1547<0>946<0>368<0>2734<0>549<0>3227<0>4017<0>1739<0>3329<0>1298<0>1755<0>1755<0>572<0>1972<0>1... |
I'm always fighting, I'm struggling, and I'm scrapping, and I'm kicking and clawing at those weaknesses to change them, to stop them. | <0>3245<0>1472<0>3999<0>93<0>2006<0>2070<0>666<0>1401<0>3793<0>746<0>898<0>1286<0>926<0>3887<0>1580<0>2684<0>2734<0>2734<0>323<0>3055<0>2804<0>816<0>2956<0>2260<0>277<0>192<0>172<0>2704<0>3054<0>1042<0>173<0>3453<0>2734<0>1490<0>2734<0>966<0>3853<0>886<0>1018<0>3701<0>2302<0>2834<0>1535<0>1913<0>1323<0>2719<0>3422<0>64... |
Like we always say, if you wanna continue this conversation, | <0>1981<0>3067<0>3974<0>1401<0>2615<0>475<0>3850<0>1525<0>1597<0>1586<0>3913<0>3147<0>3237<0>4007<0>338<0>553<0>368<0>3810<0>393<0>3512<0>922<0>2864<0>880<0>334<0>2741<0>3713<0>546<0>1305<0>2734<0>334<0>1902<0>3972<0>2070<0>3850<0>2935<0>2948<0>193<0>1684<0>4018<0>3308<0>3494<0>3622<0>3981<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0... |
Or you wanna engage in one, or you wanna hang with us, virtually. | <0>4007<0>2989<0>1858<0>3305<0>2973<0>340<0>291<0>1007<0>1406<0>141<0>3585<0>3305<0>2070<0>1547<0>587<0>3793<0>3020<0>3999<0>3702<0>340<0>173<0>922<0>2626<0>2615<0>3776<0>922<0>1525<0>2375<0>901<0>546<0>587<0>3145<0>782<0>2775<0>1007<0>607<0>3850<0>1487<0>2740<0>2838<0>1007<0>953<0>2574<0>2070<0>3809<0>584<0>3585<0>236... |
You can find us on Twitter. I'm at Jocko Willink and Echo is at Echo Charles. | <0>1508<0>2935<0>1547<0>900<0>898<0>595<0>3673<0>4009<0>2510<0>3850<0>2384<0>2791<0>2979<0>1712<0>4009<0>3141<0>1321<0>1401<0>2860<0>898<0>2293<0>3946<0>998<0>3782<0>3617<0>1525<0>3914<0>3005<0>595<0>2541<0>1981<0>3493<0>3974<0>1007<0>2656<0>3354<0>1325<0>2639<0>1676<0>1082<0>2322<0>623<0>1525<0>1525<0>3112<0>3888<0>18... |
Thanks for listening. Thanks for subscribing. Thanks for leaving reviews. Thanks for spreading the word. Thanks for being better. | <0>403<0>3045<0>1525<0>1653<0>1472<0>1007<0>1773<0>193<0>2070<0>623<0>3419<0>1504<0>3147<0>3116<0>3116<0>116<0>3116<0>3116<0>116<0>4058<0>3116<0>1153<0>3116<0>1012<0>1525<0>193<0>1658<0>3401<0>193<0>1020<0>1490<0>637<0>595<0>595<0>3663<0>623<0>3670<0>1153<0>116<0>1843<0>702<0>1153<0>1153<0>1153<0>2945<0>2821<0>3588<0>3... |
For getting after it. This is Jocko and Echo, and until next time, out. | <0>3477<0>1309<0>513<0>113<0>3111<0>1634<0>3722<0>3938<0>332<0>3097<0>2768<0>1223<0>3466<0>116<0>116<0>3116<0>3116<0>4007<0>3805<0>3116<0>1153<0>3183<0>2240<0>1298<0>1497<0>783<0>641<0>2798<0>2631<0>2631<0>2399<0>584<0>2978<0>4024<0>595<0>521<0>3401<0>2163<0>219<0>3496<0>490<0>880<0>4019<0>1376<0>3466<0>3237<0>3466<0>3... |
This is Jocko podcast number 26 with Echo Charles and me, Jocko Willink. | <0>753<0>2375<0>3821<0>3529<0>1306<0>1627<0>3116<0>658<0>2471<0>2471<0>1759<0>3184<0>2365<0>3972<0>1214<0>429<0>623<0>2471<0>219<0>2055<0>3814<0>587<0>1073<0>332<0>1328<0>2077<0>1792<0>2316<0>2111<0>3821<0>1685<0>3431<0>199<0>22<0>22<0>2184<0>3071<0>3071<0>2007<0>1376<0>2007<0>2007<0>1376<0>869<0>3184<0>1401<0>3118<0>8... |
Oh for a voice like thunder, and a tongue to drown the throat of war. | <0>417<0>584<0>527<0>3305<0>1472<0>2323<0>1780<0>2541<0>3972<0>3168<0>2045<0>666<0>298<0>2734<0>22<0>2976<0>4009<0>2581<0>2530<0>1059<0>3555<0>2510<0>3108<0>1601<0>1980<0>2422<0>466<0>1284<0>3726<0>4095<0>2239<0>1153<0>2239<0>1376<0>1376<0>3003<0>4058<0>4007<0>515<0>1674<0>3793<0>2733<0>1786<0>3045<0>1007<0>2510<0>677<... |
When the souls of the oppressed fight in the troubled air that rages, who can stand? | <0>1464<0>3067<0>1980<0>3295<0>1355<0>193<0>2070<0>130<0>189<0>2707<0>189<0>2146<0>1007<0>954<0>3793<0>3020<0>1292<0>3447<0>890<0>4009<0>2174<0>2796<0>22<0>589<0>1217<0>1155<0>3071<0>3116<0>1989<0>3116<0>2562<0>1363<0>219<0>479<0>1372<0>1268<0>880<0>1108<0>869<0>1376<0>2239<0>2233<0>979<0>610<0>452<0>284<0>1232<0>2415<... |
When the frowns of his countenance drive the nations together, who can stand? | <0>2130<0>1406<0>3020<0>2632<0>1472<0>2323<0>2448<0>2510<0>3980<0>1819<0>2707<0>2296<0>3966<0>2448<0>1873<0>2622<0>2196<0>3713<0>3604<0>477<0>3966<0>3980<0>2415<0>1611<0>3235<0>292<0>2305<0>1624<0>2448<0>804<0>2066<0>1697<0>2443<0>2619<0>1101<0>595<0>1525<0>1547<0>2838<0>2932<0>1229<0>3604<0>1273<0>3278<0>230<0>2588<0>... |
When souls are torn to everlasting fire and fiends of hell rejoice upon the slain. Oh. | <0>145<0>1007<0>3939<0>495<0>2734<0>824<0>3821<0>3287<0>3493<0>2976<0>3927<0>2467<0>325<0>2865<0>2619<0>3034<0>495<0>3185<0>991<0>3911<0>3404<0>3057<0>2859<0>125<0>46<0>824<0>2884<0>1473<0>1232<0>1902<0>1886<0>1028<0>595<0>3295<0>3421<0>3280<0>1586<0>2323<0>595<0>2619<0>1028<0>1833<0>311<0>3339<0>2798<0>708<0>1177<0>15... |
That right there is a little excerpt of a poem by a guy named William Blake. | <0>3065<0>3972<0>3972<0>1684<0>2581<0>1328<0>298<0>2543<0>1594<0>1569<0>915<0>2696<0>1003<0>3625<0>125<0>641<0>800<0>96<0>2358<0>381<0>880<0>880<0>4007<0>229<0>3348<0>2339<0>4009<0>3591<0>616<0>3278<0>2753<0>1620<0>1565<0>2625<0>954<0>3174<0>3918<0>602<0>3348<0>3115<0>586<0>1372<0>2393<0>3950<0>2155<0>3290<0>3114<0>227... |
It can't be denied. I mean, World War I and World War II, the scale of horror, it would be incomprehensible to a man from Blake's time. He just couldn't understand it. | <0>3728<0>3999<0>3392<0>2070<0>1525<0>1268<0>3087<0>979<0>1408<0>1173<0>311<0>43<0>2213<0>2973<0>3590<0>1755<0>241<0>1790<0>2714<0>1322<0>2722<0>1191<0>929<0>1769<0>3728<0>1886<0>1322<0>3493<0>1981<0>1881<0>1784<0>870<0>2722<0>1147<0>3493<0>2092<0>2989<0>3122<0>2917<0>386<0>633<0>143<0>1097<0>1419<0>1893<0>3673<0>856<0... |
As the demon spread his wings over the beaches of Normandy. | <0>4032<0>2715<0>909<0>3535<0>3235<0>3066<0>4019<0>116<0>1901<0>3140<0>116<0>317<0>2961<0>1586<0>4023<0>3462<0>734<0>2796<0>1133<0>538<0>922<0>4035<0>3969<0>1080<0>1490<0>2615<0>893<0>1881<0>3529<0>2827<0>1173<0>1235<0>3360<0>3551<0>3053<0>2140<0>1755<0>1755<0>1053<0>2140<0>3212<0>3882<0>3212<0>2239<0>1376<0>869<0>2991... |
Just then, machine guns opened up and bullets tore through the wooden sides of the landing craft. Wounding four or five men, men began screaming, open the damn doors! | <0>2452<0>4009<0>1490<0>3555<0>2905<0>901<0>2111<0>3005<0>2175<0>1868<0>1547<0>3374<0>3713<0>1611<0>2973<0>2151<0>3675<0>2032<0>2503<0>586<0>3607<0>2429<0>1055<0>753<0>3373<0>2357<0>1468<0>2824<0>1928<0>586<0>990<0>3594<0>2223<0>804<0>3287<0>2707<0>3067<0>3935<0>3401<0>298<0>3988<0>1322<0>3184<0>197<0>1366<0>1490<0>521... |
Just as the ramp went down, there was a pause in the incoming fire. We exited fast, diving into the water and holding on. | <0>397<0>1773<0>1490<0>814<0>2163<0>1981<0>3980<0>1275<0>769<0>3974<0>3177<0>538<0>1275<0>1902<0>787<0>2316<0>1304<0>627<0>2654<0>2758<0>3844<0>3844<0>2510<0>690<0>3759<0>3758<0>1611<0>2077<0>3980<0>2316<0>2393<0>1547<0>2512<0>1028<0>411<0>1973<0>3882<0>2639<0>924<0>2546<0>2279<0>545<0>386<0>1525<0>1653<0>2734<0>3380<0... |
I crawled over to him and gave him first aid. We just let the tide wash over the lower portion of our bodies using our fingernails to pull forward inch by inch to keep from drowning. | <0>3761<0>2715<0>139<0>677<0>1954<0>1954<0>3974<0>2615<0>545<0>715<0>2375<0>1784<0>1869<0>209<0>3128<0>1684<0>3397<0>3187<0>1902<0>2510<0>2734<0>4035<0>3380<0>328<0>2632<0>1615<0>702<0>702<0>3769<0>907<0>929<0>926<0>3995<0>3840<0>2735<0>448<0>285<0>595<0>1101<0>1081<0>2843<0>1322<0>4008<0>1101<0>1081<0>3744<0>2615<0>34... |
I looked back at our assault craft and both English sailors were dead. They were heroes and paid the price for getting us in. They risked their safety to get us closer to shore. | <0>2503<0>2715<0>3809<0>2503<0>3103<0>245<0>2767<0>1845<0>1924<0>3341<0>1232<0>1490<0>3444<0>1954<0>1712<0>1952<0>3445<0>3877<0>3980<0>1405<0>457<0>3469<0>2631<0>3969<0>1322<0>2079<0>3274<0>189<0>764<0>3455<0>3793<0>3177<0>235<0>396<0>3278<0>3604<0>1512<0>2341<0>1235<0>3602<0>3965<0>448<0>3188<0>1187<0>2632<0>848<0>195... |
Private Thomas McCarter was the first fatality in our sector. His cries to me for help still haunt me. | <0>2655<0>824<0>2070<0>2410<0>3050<0>2530<0>2541<0>1819<0>2510<0>88<0>1981<0>2503<0>2865<0>2619<0>1883<0>1883<0>2450<0>880<0>2239<0>4007<0>4058<0>2007<0>4058<0>869<0>2007<0>869<0>4058<0>869<0>1153<0>545<0>3131<0>2163<0>3832<0>2510<0>1819<0>2574<0>804<0>1723<0>1674<0>2935<0>2682<0>2070<0>2415<0>545<0>3115<0>2581<0>701<0... |
Waited down, possibly wounded. He frantically struggled in the water as he cried my name, but I couldn't get to him. | <0>1406<0>3067<0>2948<0>792<0>2632<0>3969<0>1525<0>2735<0>2510<0>2203<0>2915<0>1790<0>2415<0>787<0>417<0>3135<0>3135<0>2505<0>3115<0>3974<0>2843<0>926<0>984<0>2086<0>1590<0>891<0>2772<0>623<0>1490<0>2510<0>1525<0>2935<0>2643<0>3974<0>2905<0>396<0>3744<0>922<0>2415<0>677<0>1928<0>460<0>929<0>3493<0>2976<0>2865<0>490<0>3... |
We were subjected to grazing fire from crisscrossing fire from machine guns. | <0>2033<0>954<0>3673<0>193<0>1955<0>2938<0>3713<0>1525<0>3627<0>546<0>2372<0>2200<0>3906<0>661<0>2292<0>3278<0>2843<0>2702<0>2872<0>2865<0>3976<0>4009<0>2541<0>3903<0>621<0>3594<0>2415<0>2853<0>488<0>3673<0>2773<0>1720<0>3650<0>2415<0>448<0>3141<0>2305<0>1469<0>2865<0>1028<0>2510<0>3112<0>2316<0>926<0>2777<0>3278<0>168... |
I believed at the time that it would be better for me to push forward since Tom was quite far away. | <0>1921<0>2715<0>3642<0>506<0>3793<0>3131<0>1726<0>2543<0>2141<0>521<0>2510<0>3185<0>1684<0>1268<0>1153<0>869<0>305<0>3463<0>3919<0>1232<0>520<0>3888<0>546<0>2498<0>4035<0>4009<0>4009<0>1525<0>2662<0>984<0>112<0>3135<0>584<0>1445<0>814<0>189<0>2043<0>1921<0>2262<0>894<0>2018<0>3850<0>298<0>1179<0>3264<0>1392<0>2415<0>2... |
These machine guns kept firing until we got to the seawall. | <0>282<0>3046<0>3555<0>3793<0>3713<0>2603<0>1666<0>3141<0>1328<0>2581<0>829<0>901<0>4071<0>3497<0>2541<0>2415<0>2415<0>1921<0>929<0>2083<0>2557<0>3014<0>2581<0>2543<0>3840<0>2783<0>245<0>3333<0>1710<0>2843<0>2978<0>3278<0>3793<0>2092<0>3200<0>1886<0>3730<0>3730<0>3981<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>... |
Tom was my friend, and I should have tried to save him. | <0>1211<0>1819<0>2415<0>3974<0>3840<0>2316<0>3341<0>36<0>1157<0>2415<0>291<0>163<0>1094<0>1504<0>1989<0>4058<0>869<0>4058<0>869<0>4007<0>869<0>4058<0>869<0>869<0>4058<0>869<0>1170<0>2656<0>892<0>657<0>193<0>892<0>1119<0>3744<0>2471<0>3663<0>3375<0>3278<0>3278<0>232<0>383<0>344<0>2350<0>3981<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>3981<... |
It took individual riflemen using grenades, satchel charges, and bayonets to neutralize the almost impregnable concrete bunkers. I didn't see any rangers until later. | <0>1270<0>2763<0>1490<0>3067<0>3757<0>2604<0>792<0>926<0>926<0>3020<0>3005<0>2615<0>3493<0>3493<0>2415<0>623<0>1469<0>586<0>1799<0>516<0>753<0>289<0>3793<0>1227<0>833<0>4021<0>2484<0>3758<0>2707<0>1011<0>338<0>2741<0>681<0>3308<0>1290<0>2741<0>2448<0>3227<0>2238<0>3503<0>2976<0>409<0>4035<0>2619<0>3274<0>3744<0>2776<0>... |
In my opinion, the Air Force and Navy made it possible for us to hang on until reinforcements and more equipment arrived. | <0>731<0>3969<0>2684<0>3877<0>1525<0>1921<0>3663<0>475<0>2581<0>3793<0>3065<0>3400<0>731<0>919<0>2604<0>4009<0>2510<0>3277<0>3493<0>3067<0>3744<0>3444<0>1227<0>3793<0>1206<0>1206<0>1227<0>230<0>926<0>4065<0>2450<0>1819<0>3444<0>3438<0>3493<0>3131<0>2541<0>3972<0>3160<0>2874<0>1081<0>3376<0>901<0>856<0>4002<0>1921<0>241... |
They also kept the Germans from mounting an armored counterattack. But, you know. | <0>2233<0>2702<0>2865<0>2146<0>1007<0>2291<0>901<0>3157<0>3496<0>3194<0>4024<0>3809<0>3404<0>1401<0>727<0>3594<0>2316<0>2316<0>2415<0>2415<0>3758<0>475<0>1313<0>287<0>3236<0>2754<0>3471<0>521<0>954<0>3404<0>3273<0>2188<0>3844<0>1886<0>1620<0>1819<0>2141<0>245<0>1028<0>3440<0>710<0>353<0>1048<0>869<0>869<0>869<0>869<0>8... |
It boils down to the bloody foot soldier and his rifle to hold on to the real estate. | <0>1454<0>318<0>2862<0>1464<0>1780<0>3974<0>2196<0>584<0>1935<0>2682<0>2935<0>3980<0>2512<0>2445<0>193<0>3274<0>492<0>614<0>3135<0>3974<0>2196<0>3793<0>1011<0>2564<0>3131<0>3974<0>1716<0>1490<0>2976<0>2615<0>2033<0>1653<0>2753<0>1921<0>891<0>2494<0>623<0>328<0>546<0>2948<0>2079<0>1981<0>4009<0>926<0>1469<0>545<0>893<0>... |
And that right there was Private First Class Randolph A. Ginman. Company D, 116th Infantry. | <0>3728<0>4009<0>2697<0>2471<0>2812<0>2962<0>3399<0>3888<0>229<0>2077<0>2030<0>4068<0>1755<0>3819<0>2018<0>3447<0>2471<0>2028<0>3194<0>3141<0>1786<0>702<0>4012<0>1363<0>1007<0>1518<0>3673<0>1674<0>3264<0>3619<0>2865<0>3402<0>3877<0>2541<0>2796<0>2796<0>589<0>2754<0>3071<0>4058<0>869<0>3493<0>3888<0>1547<0>1232<0>1684<0... |
27 years old D- uh, 27 years old on D-Day. A mortar gunner. | <0>1594<0>4064<0>792<0>3278<0>3278<0>2753<0>1869<0>3065<0>3065<0>2843<0>402<0>1846<0>1422<0>1422<0>3140<0>625<0>2961<0>768<0>116<0>2945<0>704<0>2396<0>2054<0>54<0>234<0>2429<0>922<0>1833<0>3278<0>3591<0>3074<0>1539<0>926<0>544<0>2753<0>3730<0>3730<0>2644<0>692<0>1328<0>3057<0>2938<0>1209<0>2812<0>1725<0>2632<0>3156<0>2... |
Now we're going to hear from Private First Class George A. Coby, Company D, 116th Infantry. | <0>1227<0>3877<0>545<0>929<0>2388<0>3759<0>1169<0>3274<0>2541<0>417<0>1422<0>54<0>2415<0>2753<0>929<0>3103<0>3560<0>1883<0>3278<0>199<0>3563<0>2471<0>2471<0>3850<0>3438<0>3526<0>3759<0>1323<0>1954<0>1954<0>2510<0>3141<0>4025<0>3979<0>1934<0>230<0>230<0>3759<0>960<0>2819<0>2753<0>3305<0>1422<0>1754<0>979<0>3156<0>1748<0... |
600 yards from the shore, the English coxswain lost his nerve and slowed the engine. This improved the German's opportunity to hit our boat. | <0>3421<0>22<0>2935<0>2734<0>3185<0>2196<0>2843<0>1206<0>1850<0>3782<0>3809<0>1490<0>2581<0>3663<0>2777<0>3278<0>2707<0>1954<0>2510<0>124<0>2747<0>2011<0>3776<0>3177<0>3249<0>3995<0>4013<0>1819<0>521<0>1490<0>256<0>3602<0>3857<0>2415<0>1232<0>3850<0>1490<0>3264<0>2581<0>3980<0>2422<0>2422<0>1846<0>1113<0>2734<0>1490<0>... |
Captain Schilling was looking through the vision slit, looked back at the sailor and said, you're not gonna drop that ramp here. Technical Sergeant Stinnett was standing next to the captain. | <0>1686<0>193<0>3227<0>2120<0>546<0>396<0>1560<0>1547<0>2510<0>183<0>929<0>2775<0>3135<0>3273<0>1869<0>856<0>298<0>3177<0>475<0>1957<0>2375<0>3278<0>230<0>3966<0>3850<0>3809<0>1010<0>1565<0>2907<0>1053<0>1066<0>3809<0>129<0>4065<0>3152<0>2163<0>900<0>792<0>448<0>3278<0>1726<0>340<0>1924<0>3980<0>3793<0>3278<0>1525<0>29... |
Suddenly, an 88mm hit the ramp directly, blowing Captain Schilling Blackward, killing him instantly. Part of the ramp caught Stennis' left eye, knocking it out. | <0>261<0>448<0>2151<0>167<0>2149<0>1286<0>3793<0>4031<0>92<0>2068<0>1577<0>1725<0>373<0>373<0>121<0>3793<0>2180<0>1869<0>1928<0>1928<0>1869<0>3759<0>913<0>2716<0>2935<0>3586<0>475<0>2316<0>892<0>2357<0>3103<0>3115<0>3768<0>1562<0>2933<0>3177<0>3759<0>2631<0>3913<0>1406<0>1007<0>2510<0>584<0>1227<0>193<0>2415<0>2545<0>5... |
Fire I was ever subjected to in all of my combat. | <0>3116<0>1486<0>3947<0>3844<0>219<0>3141<0>1981<0>3883<0>1153<0>3237<0>4007<0>2471<0>2365<0>475<0>2282<0>2188<0>3980<0>1819<0>2375<0>3966<0>1236<0>760<0>807<0>1313<0>1651<0>1836<0>1717<0>1011<0>3981<0>2669<0>1153<0>1153<0>2494<0>4002<0>1886<0>1954<0>1191<0>3888<0>3602<0>490<0>1344<0>1759<0>3122<0>2316<0>10<0>3570<0>12... |
Now we've got Private First Class Robert L. Sales. Company B. 116th Infantry. | <0>338<0>245<0>1304<0>1227<0>429<0>1886<0>3840<0>3341<0>219<0>929<0>4002<0>3166<0>3809<0>189<0>2773<0>2102<0>1518<0>2415<0>3850<0>2220<0>612<0>2753<0>2415<0>2365<0>83<0>3487<0>45<0>2541<0>1191<0>1470<0>3535<0>901<0>3<0>3888<0>3730<0>2752<0>1217<0>2876<0>3276<0>3071<0>3071<0>3003<0>2007<0>4058<0>2007<0>4058<0>1376<0>314... |
Join the Virginia National Guard at age 15. | <0>3526<0>318<0>475<0>3906<0>1227<0>3519<0>833<0>3108<0>3624<0>1011<0>1227<0>1011<0>1684<0>1010<0>2120<0>3365<0>2033<0>3730<0>3730<0>1886<0>3877<0>3404<0>2357<0>3630<0>702<0>702<0>2702<0>3455<0>3655<0>760<0>2144<0>1701<0>3498<0>2777<0>2968<0>2857<0>3035<0>273<0>3655<0>1491<0>3263<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>20... |
About 100 yards from the shore, the English coxswain said he couldn't get us in any closer. As the ramp lowered, | <0>1464<0>2471<0>2865<0>1792<0>586<0>677<0>189<0>1819<0>2619<0>1980<0>1227<0>373<0>2989<0>678<0>3974<0>2734<0>2163<0>2316<0>1560<0>2777<0>991<0>666<0>3962<0>1883<0>1267<0>2929<0>2714<0>2294<0>3759<0>3177<0>2615<0>3995<0>4013<0>521<0>521<0>1460<0>623<0>3850<0>3663<0>1797<0>2732<0>2151<0>2814<0>3194<0>2662<0>3725<0>855<0... |
Enemy machine guns opened up, firing directly into our boat. | <0>3455<0>2935<0>926<0>3735<0>298<0>2777<0>3278<0>3177<0>2976<0>2753<0>546<0>524<0>3305<0>1422<0>475<0>753<0>3828<0>1790<0>662<0>3913<0>1301<0>2102<0>3227<0>130<0>3833<0>1684<0>2896<0>2615<0>1981<0>4009<0>3761<0>3857<0>3020<0>1848<0>3793<0>2632<0>193<0>584<0>1191<0>3341<0>2864<0>1620<0>506<0>3988<0>1443<0>544<0>694<0>3... |
Like all great leaders, Captain Zap was the first off the boat and the first one to get hit. Staff Sergeant Dick Wright was second and also hit falling into the water. | <0>1296<0>4009<0>546<0>1956<0>3489<0>3489<0>4008<0>3493<0>3730<0>922<0>2935<0>373<0>1811<0>3305<0>1539<0>298<0>922<0>3278<0>3535<0>1546<0>1686<0>2710<0>3980<0>3761<0>3496<0>2632<0>2192<0>3089<0>3782<0>1911<0>3974<0>3150<0>690<0>2513<0>1819<0>2734<0>856<0>521<0>2865<0>3444<0>3528<0>2753<0>3348<0>3988<0>2138<0>132<0>2631... |
A medic was third, and I didn't see what happened to him. I was fourth. | <0>419<0>2234<0>2410<0>3380<0>2264<0>2753<0>334<0>3747<0>4009<0>2541<0>1007<0>1784<0>2122<0>1776<0>3652<0>2536<0>1028<0>926<0>3863<0>3535<0>373<0>1819<0>298<0>286<0>3877<0>3333<0>3144<0>516<0>3498<0>3271<0>3144<0>1163<0>1071<0>1269<0>2239<0>1376<0>359<0>1850<0>2471<0>3591<0>3850<0>3062<0>666<0>666<0>2365<0>630<0>630<0>... |
I caught my heel in the ramp and fell sideways out of the path of that MG42, undoubtedly saving my life. | <0>3761<0>219<0>1352<0>595<0>2865<0>2415<0>1525<0>3585<0>1253<0>2070<0>545<0>3115<0>1214<0>545<0>2536<0>2536<0>2357<0>324<0>459<0>1518<0>545<0>3850<0>2510<0>3227<0>3128<0>929<0>475<0>672<0>1220<0>3877<0>1886<0>2991<0>2697<0>1542<0>1845<0>521<0>3968<0>954<0>3591<0>1850<0>1936<0>1058<0>2410<0>3177<0>3005<0>3793<0>718<0>3... |
All of the men that followed were either killed by Germans or drowned. No one from my craft was ever found alive. | <0>1712<0>3563<0>545<0>3702<0>3974<0>1980<0>2776<0>2070<0>475<0>2363<0>1746<0>1954<0>1954<0>2989<0>3888<0>1611<0>2316<0>3793<0>2988<0>1936<0>397<0>2615<0>3493<0>2365<0>219<0>3969<0>2777<0>2415<0>1596<0>2316<0>3092<0>2978<0>3572<0>3116<0>3977<0>3493<0>2864<0>3924<0>3809<0>286<0>1886<0>1886<0>3144<0>2600<0>2840<0>1989<0>... |
The captain screamed, I'm hit. I tried to get to him but he was lost in the surf. Men were all around me. | <0>3968<0>538<0>2070<0>521<0>3440<0>3776<0>1547<0>3503<0>922<0>2603<0>3439<0>3663<0>790<0>4068<0>1048<0>3980<0>2735<0>1305<0>3020<0>3585<0>2935<0>1391<0>461<0>1108<0>702<0>702<0>2631<0>1541<0>3447<0>2046<0>595<0>3673<0>3297<0>2935<0>178<0>2734<0>3974<0>298<0>1684<0>663<0>3913<0>702<0>3116<0>475<0>3793<0>475<0>448<0>302... |
In the water, bleeding from wounds and screaming for help. | <0>1508<0>3020<0>3274<0>2615<0>3493<0>1954<0>2865<0>2450<0>1734<0>3135<0>1980<0>926<0>3274<0>2662<0>922<0>2714<0>1611<0>1611<0>1611<0>1792<0>92<0>3535<0>3535<0>3276<0>3591<0>2978<0>3995<0>3974<0>221<0>1305<0>2714<0>3927<0>3399<0>1010<0>1921<0>2946<0>70<0>3981<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>20... |
I knew the boat was the target so I got away from it as fast as I could. | <0>1759<0>1525<0>792<0>3999<0>229<0>2357<0>3067<0>3389<0>3305<0>538<0>677<0>3160<0>2510<0>3974<0>3141<0>3278<0>3185<0>219<0>2658<0>286<0>545<0>3673<0>2375<0>3906<0>1684<0>1490<0>3131<0>219<0>2415<0>2874<0>3966<0>3185<0>2656<0>637<0>1846<0>3894<0>1799<0>602<0>3981<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<... |
One of the first things I did was shed my SCR300 radio and my assault jacket. That radio was heavy and I suppose it is still at the bottom of the channel. | <0>1170<0>922<0>922<0>1525<0>2510<0>3809<0>1490<0>3128<0>3776<0>3126<0>2388<0>1270<0>2935<0>929<0>3274<0>1445<0>2046<0>623<0>3065<0>2316<0>3515<0>230<0>501<0>487<0>702<0>847<0>3126<0>1204<0>3360<0>3295<0>1997<0>1920<0>1097<0>2084<0>230<0>3776<0>3561<0>2722<0>2548<0>1765<0>2865<0>1518<0>2070<0>110<0>584<0>3776<0>1035<0>... |
Mortar and artillery shells were landing all around, and one hit so close that it knocked me groggy. | <0>3728<0>1191<0>3673<0>2196<0>3809<0>3122<0>2619<0>4053<0>3278<0>545<0>3888<0>1684<0>1315<0>3278<0>1518<0>1981<0>991<0>1792<0>1846<0>1275<0>929<0>1227<0>2316<0>1191<0>1191<0>1147<0>3877<0>3972<0>2697<0>1860<0>2765<0>2639<0>702<0>1376<0>1676<0>2847<0>1925<0>298<0>2973<0>677<0>2581<0>623<0>1717<0>2978<0>3974<0>2042<0>26... |
Luckily, a log floated by, with an unexploded teller mine still attached. I grabbed hold of it until my head cleared a bit. | <0>3493<0>3185<0>2503<0>545<0>3020<0>3793<0>501<0>3625<0>2489<0>545<0>2976<0>479<0>2415<0>3730<0>616<0>2123<0>3067<0>3974<0>3274<0>1322<0>545<0>3341<0>521<0>2541<0>516<0>2489<0>287<0>869<0>869<0>229<0>3401<0>1214<0>692<0>1981<0>1401<0>4053<0>544<0>1098<0>3135<0>3067<0>2843<0>3028<0>1802<0>3089<0>545<0>2753<0>2316<0>188... |
I remain behind that log, pushing it in front of me, using it as a shield until I reach dry land. | <0>3099<0>2619<0>1328<0>475<0>2603<0>373<0>3177<0>3793<0>490<0>1232<0>2776<0>2163<0>1954<0>1954<0>2865<0>2865<0>2365<0>3879<0>2254<0>496<0>1659<0>3673<0>3278<0>3776<0>3776<0>753<0>3401<0>3401<0>3980<0>298<0>929<0>3561<0>501<0>615<0>547<0>587<0>3793<0>3776<0>1833<0>546<0>3966<0>3278<0>1560<0>3005<0>3793<0>2753<0>3730<0>... |
The first person I saw on the beach that I recognized was Dick Wright. He hollered over to me that he was badly hit. I watched him trying to raise his arms, but a sniper spotted him and shot him through the head. His face fell into the sand, never to move again. I didn't try to go to him because I knew he was dead. | <0>3730<0>3131<0>2510<0>2956<0>1026<0>715<0>2196<0>448<0>1232<0>3160<0>2415<0>2415<0>3974<0>3730<0>623<0>3759<0>397<0>479<0>298<0>1954<0>219<0>3622<0>3419<0>3877<0>3877<0>1651<0>584<0>1508<0>3287<0>3591<0>1952<0>2753<0>219<0>587<0>3728<0>461<0>3913<0>1071<0>869<0>2007<0>1376<0>4058<0>4058<0>869<0>869<0>3179<0>702<0>696... |
While pinned down on that beach, I watched incoming landing craft being shot at. | <0>3493<0>2865<0>545<0>3821<0>3439<0>2973<0>1525<0>2619<0>2415<0>2865<0>922<0>1472<0>819<0>623<0>3585<0>209<0>2371<0>1826<0>3588<0>2396<0>43<0>1191<0>1191<0>3980<0>1341<0>209<0>3793<0>2973<0>1043<0>922<0>3439<0>1869<0>2658<0>3128<0>3776<0>954<0>2196<0>219<0>2541<0>829<0>1206<0>3759<0>1666<0>2777<0>2777<0>286<0>2989<0>2... |
One of them carried the battalion surgeon, Captain Robert B. Ware, a man I knew from my hometown of Madison Heights, Virginia. The doctor had flaming red hair. | <0>3728<0>3399<0>715<0>1401<0>1684<0>2773<0>1232<0>475<0>753<0>2357<0>2682<0>1525<0>1569<0>3131<0>1684<0>1306<0>2734<0>2510<0>2196<0>193<0>1684<0>501<0>4043<0>1385<0>149<0>1081<0>2013<0>3472<0>1611<0>545<0>2865<0>2415<0>3840<0>1734<0>419<0>3297<0>1169<0>1305<0>1406<0>298<0>45<0>898<0>1978<0>3164<0>353<0>2239<0>647<0>64... |
I watched him as he disembarked the landing craft, and that machine gun opened up, cutting him down. | <0>469<0>2365<0>1954<0>2735<0>1374<0>149<0>298<0>2146<0>3125<0>1919<0>3278<0>1490<0>3401<0>545<0>2619<0>1819<0>2654<0>545<0>1525<0>3<0>3776<0>1434<0>1232<0>2163<0>3877<0>2658<0>2267<0>2037<0>1989<0>1376<0>1108<0>2130<0>3274<0>4009<0>3877<0>298<0>3374<0>397<0>3776<0>1869<0>3185<0>3399<0>692<0>666<0>3435<0>1846<0>1684<0>... |
What I will never forget was seeing his helmet fly off his head and showing all that red hair. | <0>1406<0>3980<0>595<0>1954<0>3375<0>546<0>1081<0>1819<0>1469<0>1309<0>1869<0>1306<0>3118<0>2862<0>1287<0>3077<0>3730<0>546<0>3850<0>2603<0>3439<0>3278<0>2935<0>922<0>3974<0>256<0>36<0>4008<0>2865<0>1525<0>1028<0>2619<0>3112<0>2448<0>3821<0>2935<0>901<0>232<0>3051<0>3170<0>3827<0>847<0>230<0>2777<0>3380<0>2043<0>475<0>... |
Sometime later, I saw Max Smith from Shepard, Shepard Town, West Virginia. | <0>1467<0>2510<0>1721<0>3535<0>3980<0>291<0>256<0>1726<0>1257<0>2619<0>1923<0>1755<0>2910<0>3877<0>3160<0>1867<0>1921<0>1799<0>2767<0>557<0>2574<0>1749<0>1441<0>1525<0>219<0>3166<0>978<0>353<0>3147<0>3974<0>2777<0>1445<0>1525<0>550<0>3809<0>1836<0>1758<0>182<0>2700<0>2452<0>3278<0>3185<0>2622<0>3115<0>3589<0>1525<0>188... |
And some other bee company men taking shelter behind a seawall. Some of them were badly wounded. I bandaged Smith's eye that was lying out of his face. | <0>874<0>1058<0>3850<0>922<0>521<0>506<0>1520<0>1206<0>3585<0>3622<0>2415<0>1792<0>2896<0>2388<0>2656<0>3128<0>3872<0>3278<0>2180<0>1848<0>2678<0>2777<0>2541<0>169<0>954<0>1654<0>2163<0>3128<0>792<0>2978<0>3278<0>623<0>3730<0>3730<0>1712<0>1712<0>880<0>3977<0>869<0>4058<0>869<0>4058<0>869<0>2754<0>90<0>3160<0>291<0>229... |
I kept crawling back to the water's edge dragging men out if they were still living. I didn't bother if they were dead. | <0>3682<0>219<0>334<0>1085<0>2140<0>3231<0>2865<0>1232<0>1611<0>929<0>595<0>3440<0>226<0>3888<0>3493<0>1191<0>2865<0>3809<0>3278<0>901<0>1011<0>4024<0>1509<0>3809<0>3089<0>3401<0>1434<0>1611<0>1611<0>1647<0>2716<0>3972<0>1886<0>3513<0>3444<0>475<0>475<0>397<0>334<0>2615<0>3493<0>2196<0>475<0>3439<0>2521<0>3469<0>4007<0... |
I pulled quite a few to safety. One of the medics helped to give first aid and comfort to the wounded. The first enemy soldier I saw was a prisoner. Interrogators had his, had him on his knees and his hands were locked behind his head. | <0>1759<0>2415<0>3287<0>586<0>3408<0>890<0>3067<0>475<0>1653<0>3759<0>1684<0>3713<0>397<0>901<0>3793<0>3622<0>825<0>979<0>2135<0>2307<0>3003<0>702<0>1298<0>2847<0>1559<0>2233<0>1232<0>715<0>298<0>1232<0>2028<0>183<0>3995<0>3976<0>2042<0>1426<0>546<0>2812<0>3793<0>623<0>3277<0>2140<0>150<0>1610<0>1157<0>3348<0>2948<0>29... |
He didn't look so tough to me, but those guys up on the cliffs were plenty tough. | <0>3281<0>3793<0>3604<0>2956<0>3591<0>2917<0>1232<0>2291<0>2151<0>2865<0>2874<0>3974<0>3776<0>2603<0>3974<0>1434<0>561<0>1020<0>901<0>1028<0>448<0>2735<0>2681<0>2316<0>256<0>2601<0>3809<0>1401<0>1561<0>3850<0>2369<0>2688<0>3772<0>1971<0>3730<0>1886<0>68<0>922<0>2085<0>1684<0>4053<0>3447<0>2512<0>219<0>35<0>1260<0>602<0... |
You can't imagine how helpless it was to be lying on that beach and those machine guns and snipers shooting anything that moved. | <0>3759<0>690<0>3622<0>3821<0>1275<0>3980<0>528<0>3271<0>1798<0>3089<0>3005<0>230<0>882<0>2415<0>545<0>898<0>3563<0>1846<0>2543<0>3966<0>2042<0>3493<0>2753<0>2513<0>334<0>3297<0>926<0>990<0>1304<0>43<0>3<0>2316<0>2316<0>1784<0>1525<0>3877<0>1268<0>3176<0>3781<0>3418<0>397<0>1560<0>716<0>1859<0>2847<0>429<0>3020<0>2070<... |
At this point, we were not sure the invasion would succeed. | <0>1654<0>3194<0>1547<0>2773<0>1570<0>1954<0>1232<0>2603<0>1786<0>3772<0>3772<0>663<0>753<0>922<0>3980<0>521<0>2856<0>2777<0>1401<0>183<0>3776<0>1227<0>289<0>2603<0>373<0>2948<0>1322<0>753<0>3966<0>616<0>616<0>2734<0>3278<0>3759<0>3781<0>2560<0>602<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0... |
Our company was shot up so badly that there was no organization or communication from other sectors to tell us how they were doing. | <0>2489<0>2619<0>2503<0>922<0>1304<0>2776<0>3974<0>284<0>2777<0>2865<0>2541<0>2471<0>2650<0>3850<0>2196<0>2615<0>3730<0>595<0>3126<0>1232<0>2662<0>3793<0>1314<0>1626<0>4018<0>3974<0>3974<0>3974<0>1490<0>926<0>298<0>1191<0>3493<0>1954<0>2615<0>926<0>3966<0>3278<0>1011<0>3801<0>3278<0>929<0>1954<0>2503<0>4053<0>1227<0>12... |
If all the landing zones were as helpless as we were, the invasion was in jeopardy. We felt helpless and alone. | <0>2233<0>561<0>3844<0>2707<0>189<0>922<0>677<0>1547<0>1726<0>373<0>525<0>3966<0>2196<0>706<0>1928<0>612<0>1611<0>475<0>3264<0>521<0>3730<0>358<0>3840<0>3966<0>3966<0>3145<0>1286<0>1406<0>1886<0>490<0>1911<0>2676<0>2849<0>1766<0>3759<0>3939<0>3177<0>3673<0>373<0>2948<0>230<0>929<0>584<0>3966<0>753<0>4024<0>1525<0>569<0... |
We had many acts of heroism from B company, men, with many of them unreported. | <0>3730<0>3020<0>3126<0>1684<0>1525<0>3776<0>1035<0>1010<0>146<0>3160<0>3401<0>3673<0>3980<0>3702<0>2615<0>448<0>3591<0>177<0>3112<0>2753<0>1262<0>3585<0>1848<0>169<0>1921<0>1375<0>1305<0>1169<0>2494<0>2600<0>3805<0>2498<0>3894<0>1035<0>3673<0>2632<0>410<0>1153<0>1153<0>869<0>869<0>2007<0>869<0>869<0>2007<0>869<0>869<0... |
Lieutenant William B. Williams, single-handedly, with hand grenades and a rifle, charged and subdued, a pillbox. | <0>821<0>3145<0>901<0>2905<0>2702<0>1611<0>3974<0>2296<0>926<0>3177<0>3177<0>1206<0>2161<0>3145<0>3974<0>3974<0>1869<0>1684<0>1684<0>3850<0>2282<0>2903<0>3535<0>623<0>3512<0>340<0>3401<0>45<0>3439<0>792<0>3646<0>2662<0>2161<0>3564<0>3164<0>1406<0>2485<0>2470<0>2275<0>1305<0>2316<0>1379<0>45<0>3439<0>1490<0>1921<0>3730<... |
Sergeant William Pierce and Odell Padgett survived the landing better than we did and were able to take a few men up to those rocks and cliffs and fight it out with the Germans. | <0>829<0>3850<0>2510<0>2443<0>2275<0>482<0>584<0>584<0>373<0>1611<0>1868<0>3096<0>3020<0>1232<0>3966<0>1232<0>3591<0>3888<0>3305<0>1406<0>1464<0>1547<0>1232<0>1954<0>1860<0>2703<0>595<0>3126<0>2674<0>3713<0>1227<0>1045<0>2631<0>4007<0>4007<0>869<0>3071<0>397<0>661<0>3974<0>2415<0>521<0>929<0>3974<0>2949<0>1525<0>2275<0... |
It was touch and go for quite some time in our sector. | <0>731<0>3974<0>3131<0>397<0>1043<0>1232<0>397<0>3493<0>1651<0>3974<0>545<0>3857<0>1422<0>1165<0>2138<0>1153<0>4007<0>3237<0>3277<0>3730<0>2042<0>2541<0>298<0>20<0>2102<0>1447<0>3444<0>1439<0>521<0>1845<0>1868<0>2625<0>2239<0>869<0>869<0>133<0>3969<0>1886<0>2697<0>1547<0>2978<0>595<0>2681<0>533<0>753<0>3434<0>602<0>398... |
Not until Saint Lo fell in July did we know for sure that the invasion was a success. | <0>1792<0>787<0>2085<0>3555<0>1232<0>417<0>3850<0>1275<0>1447<0>2949<0>3067<0>814<0>3131<0>595<0>2753<0>584<0>2812<0>2922<0>545<0>2415<0>3980<0>1726<0>3776<0>2477<0>289<0>1227<0>2615<0>1020<0>2626<0>3636<0>1128<0>677<0>2976<0>1620<0>2812<0>373<0>3177<0>2656<0>373<0>760<0>1322<0>1955<0>2775<0>3532<0>2889<0>1554<0>397<0>... |
D-Day was indeed the longest day, but there were many, many long days after that. | <0>825<0>373<0>926<0>3498<0>1035<0>230<0>3652<0>1170<0>3493<0>1232<0>1020<0>2978<0>2581<0>1651<0>3793<0>718<0>2161<0>2812<0>3718<0>614<0>1981<0>2512<0>2512<0>2316<0>475<0>3821<0>1374<0>1525<0>1647<0>3758<0>501<0>1695<0>564<0>3297<0>3519<0>340<0>922<0>2396<0>1647<0>2275<0>2603<0>3655<0>298<0>1525<0>1011<0>3274<0>1981<0>... |
Day after bloody day, it was jumping over those hedgerows and men getting killed. We lost some very good men, every single day. | <0>3526<0>546<0>1035<0>3498<0>1035<0>3227<0>3496<0>3974<0>10<0>3974<0>3809<0>1833<0>3439<0>2425<0>3758<0>3758<0>3758<0>2494<0>891<0>2811<0>3065<0>3888<0>584<0>3966<0>2242<0>2948<0>3980<0>1792<0>874<0>1227<0>2615<0>2976<0>584<0>1442<0>3966<0>2935<0>901<0>3065<0>1020<0>1819<0>229<0>3966<0>298<0>2088<0>516<0>2776<0>1684<0... |
St. Louis was about 25 miles from the beach, and it was liberated on July 18th. | <0>1570<0>1217<0>901<0>1833<0>3932<0>3067<0>586<0>3493<0>584<0>3591<0>2471<0>2697<0>3138<0>3962<0>677<0>3776<0>3695<0>2872<0>219<0>1147<0>1304<0>521<0>325<0>2752<0>3277<0>3888<0>2669<0>3153<0>1209<0>1209<0>3572<0>3374<0>1826<0>768<0>3466<0>869<0>3236<0>3439<0>3177<0>3297<0>2513<0>2976<0>2949<0>922<0>1924<0>1035<0>1227<... |
When St. Louis fell, we felt confident that we were in France to stay. Surviving the war was another story. | <0>692<0>2296<0>3850<0>824<0>900<0>706<0>677<0>586<0>448<0>495<0>2735<0>2541<0>2946<0>3644<0>1504<0>4007<0>475<0>2848<0>1981<0>3730<0>2503<0>1886<0>1886<0>627<0>298<0>3274<0>3699<0>646<0>2847<0>241<0>2656<0>3888<0>926<0>475<0>1924<0>2445<0>3594<0>2302<0>3128<0>624<0>540<0>546<0>2978<0>3421<0>901<0>3859<0>2216<0>4031<0>... |
The book is called Omaha Beach and Beyond, The Long March of Sergeant Bob Slaughter. | <0>614<0>229<0>3115<0>1304<0>2783<0>199<0>2415<0>2865<0>1981<0>3164<0>68<0>586<0>2714<0>1886<0>1886<0>1304<0>3783<0>1222<0>3180<0>1253<0>718<0>4024<0>1651<0>303<0>826<0>1169<0>3399<0>1819<0>1566<0>1163<0>3177<0>3446<0>225<0>3003<0>3115<0>3145<0>2615<0>545<0>1886<0>1868<0>560<0>2415<0>2363<0>1734<0>1440<0>2777<0>3635<0>... |
Those excerpts that I just read, they weren't bobslaughter, they were various other people that worked with him, that he went back and interviewed. | <0>3527<0>2240<0>2812<0>990<0>3135<0>2797<0>267<0>2658<0>193<0>3278<0>2517<0>3181<0>627<0>2142<0>623<0>3005<0>984<0>2976<0>644<0>2316<0>10<0>901<0>2615<0>1611<0>521<0>210<0>2864<0>2415<0>1921<0>226<0>627<0>545<0>3972<0>1113<0>1684<0>3730<0>1304<0>2626<0>3673<0>475<0>1011<0>3966<0>1981<0>1799<0>2853<0>2161<0>1848<0>2669... |
This is another guy born in Tennessee, grew up in Roanoke, Virginia, enlisted in the army reserves at age 15. | <0>2207<0>3535<0>1490<0>448<0>3974<0>3519<0>1981<0>929<0>2626<0>1275<0>521<0>521<0>1010<0>3<0>1060<0>2600<0>869<0>1153<0>545<0>340<0>521<0>3673<0>1227<0>3850<0>1647<0>3689<0>3278<0>3278<0>3776<0>1848<0>3776<0>3024<0>702<0>3147<0>1479<0>3147<0>3419<0>3056<0>2342<0>1981<0>2517<0>256<0>1666<0>922<0>2615<0>3974<0>3906<0>39... |
I remember buddies with whom I spent passes to London. Men I played cards with a couple of days before the landing, who signed their autographs on my Eisenhower D-Day missive. Who shook hands with me on the Javelin's deck. Young man. Young men. As I was. | <0>1352<0>1525<0>4009<0>1232<0>2415<0>3404<0>1620<0>2541<0>1286<0>2581<0>3840<0>3695<0>256<0>1611<0>1921<0>3278<0>3438<0>1232<0>3177<0>2772<0>1850<0>1028<0>1683<0>3966<0>855<0>1846<0>1955<0>3974<0>2714<0>1728<0>1963<0>3575<0>2239<0>3147<0>1262<0>3894<0>2905<0>901<0>731<0>4010<0>2662<0>1868<0>1237<0>545<0>2865<0>3809<0>... |
All killed during the largest air, land and sea battle ever fought. Many more were maimed and never seen again. | <0>2879<0>3489<0>4008<0>1147<0>3921<0>623<0>3974<0>3145<0>3194<0>1401<0>1611<0>3115<0>2615<0>2415<0>2510<0>820<0>1011<0>397<0>1436<0>45<0>1232<0>898<0>1304<0>1955<0>1010<0>1726<0>926<0>402<0>3708<0>2978<0>1206<0>2161<0>2357<0>3377<0>1921<0>2753<0>692<0>1010<0>3974<0>3840<0>1978<0>1469<0>1954<0>1954<0>1921<0>880<0>1834<... |
How could I forget this epic event even if I failed to recall the proper names and faces? Memoirs are not history. But history is someone's recorded memory. | <0>3440<0>521<0>2503<0>3128<0>1232<0>1658<0>3974<0>1434<0>1058<0>1391<0>1957<0>2192<0>617<0>1525<0>3796<0>256<0>76<0>2626<0>3798<0>807<0>2441<0>747<0>702<0>718<0>289<0>2111<0>3935<0>256<0>4035<0>3181<0>900<0>1846<0>2976<0>3297<0>3115<0>1886<0>3730<0>1954<0>3493<0>929<0>1406<0>2669<0>2415<0>1712<0>3949<0>381<0>401<0>260... |
Most of us remember noble and heroic deeds, but conveniently forget or fail to record the less than noble. I am no different. | <0>1563<0>3974<0>193<0>448<0>3135<0>2070<0>193<0>1819<0>2316<0>3980<0>1981<0>3348<0>587<0>2196<0>545<0>3493<0>2615<0>3493<0>3531<0>2368<0>2915<0>2123<0>2123<0>3972<0>1981<0>1868<0>2600<0>855<0>1209<0>2961<0>1885<0>734<0>687<0>2301<0>3276<0>954<0>2417<0>926<0>373<0>2161<0>3655<0>3177<0>2973<0>2960<0>2161<0>3181<0>2510<0... |
Many times I did and saw things that are best forgotten or left unwritten. | <0>1868<0>1525<0>373<0>3759<0>1525<0>2517<0>1232<0>2581<0>784<0>3358<0>644<0>3089<0>324<0>1029<0>553<0>2246<0>230<0>809<0>2886<0>1230<0>3556<0>2192<0>2541<0>1954<0>3185<0>20<0>1525<0>1058<0>183<0>2978<0>1232<0>1819<0>2864<0>870<0>1010<0>1683<0>2889<0>3277<0>1819<0>1620<0>1010<0>521<0>521<0>2316<0>3081<0>2140<0>642<0>19... |
War brings out the best and the worst in most of us. | <0>1406<0>666<0>3673<0>2471<0>2753<0>1401<0>2662<0>3278<0>3227<0>2619<0>1860<0>3180<0>2824<0>3519<0>595<0>2070<0>1217<0>2269<0>1854<0>3071<0>3116<0>2754<0>3116<0>869<0>4058<0>133<0>76<0>901<0>475<0>753<0>3888<0>3140<0>3730<0>1819<0>1819<0>2084<0>1427<0>2030<0>3116<0>3116<0>2233<0>1539<0>3057<0>3115<0>1138<0>397<0>256<0... |
The Nazis were accused of killing, raping, pillaging, and burning. | <0>2068<0>3025<0>521<0>521<0>3112<0>3793<0>2948<0>2976<0>2415<0>256<0>544<0>373<0>3297<0>3537<0>3404<0>3391<0>672<0>1547<0>2042<0>3401<0>1611<0>4018<0>1755<0>96<0>3730<0>3888<0>546<0>2425<0>2632<0>3776<0>3177<0>1148<0>2929<0>702<0>1710<0>3135<0>3135<0>402<0>3278<0>3439<0>1611<0>3652<0>3928<0>3118<0>2582<0>870<0>521<0>3... |
A few on our side were also guilty of these crimes. | <0>3420<0>746<0>686<0>298<0>1611<0>1911<0>787<0>521<0>3278<0>521<0>3227<0>2615<0>1191<0>3844<0>1954<0>2976<0>3966<0>3974<0>234<0>3022<0>2181<0>3786<0>102<0>979<0>3174<0>2207<0>1209<0>672<0>199<0>412<0>1911<0>1303<0>1617<0>560<0>3535<0>2583<0>2286<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>3... |
Soldiers on both sides looted for souvenirs, as did I. And yet, | <0>3930<0>3966<0>4008<0>2615<0>3744<0>336<0>451<0>521<0>1060<0>2365<0>929<0>482<0>2448<0>2510<0>521<0>1275<0>3850<0>2146<0>3898<0>954<0>1684<0>1907<0>3699<0>3220<0>647<0>869<0>869<0>955<0>3277<0>1547<0>397<0>546<0>3974<0>1020<0>1684<0>1011<0>2716<0>2656<0>3278<0>1859<0>3986<0>2069<0>3089<0>1190<0>814<0>2192<0>3713<0>15... |
Cruel treatment of the enemy was an unusual occurrence. | <0>1237<0>677<0>3888<0>3145<0>2856<0>926<0>338<0>1611<0>1684<0>2575<0>1848<0>3670<0>1275<0>4002<0>2316<0>3854<0>61<0>859<0>70<0>1422<0>3966<0>2581<0>2417<0>1981<0>1286<0>2615<0>3759<0>2511<0>1884<0>1536<0>3730<0>1620<0>3806<0>1721<0>521<0>1617<0>3144<0>2986<0>1217<0>2986<0>3071<0>602<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<... |
Many GIs have said that they were merely fighting for each other. True. | <0>338<0>2702<0>373<0>2763<0>373<0>373<0>2498<0>55<0>3793<0>2603<0>521<0>521<0>1525<0>3278<0>3535<0>3308<0>1590<0>195<0>3957<0>2581<0>2978<0>901<0>1470<0>520<0>1726<0>929<0>929<0>2180<0>2674<0>3974<0>3776<0>2284<0>860<0>1043<0>2698<0>373<0>1611<0>3594<0>2510<0>298<0>1206<0>2948<0>219<0>2949<0>2316<0>1021<0>2239<0>1153<... |
But I maintain another factor played in a more important role. And it can be summed up with one word. Pride. | <0>1755<0>2066<0>1078<0>3185<0>644<0>595<0>3128<0>3<0>3655<0>3758<0>698<0>2603<0>2935<0>923<0>521<0>340<0>922<0>1703<0>219<0>1845<0>124<0>3127<0>2753<0>865<0>3212<0>287<0>2541<0>1401<0>3537<0>373<0>475<0>1868<0>2684<0>2662<0>3776<0>3404<0>2316<0>1846<0>68<0>3888<0>1060<0>3177<0>229<0>1886<0>1712<0>1170<0>1504<0>2631<0>... |
Regardless of their motives, I saw very few cowards in the 116th Infantry Regiment. | <0>1406<0>926<0>2068<0>34<0>2619<0>1617<0>3020<0>3966<0>3401<0>1955<0>1401<0>2915<0>1981<0>3888<0>298<0>2976<0>1306<0>2978<0>2223<0>2919<0>3071<0>3071<0>2754<0>390<0>3877<0>3850<0>417<0>2415<0>3131<0>3128<0>3673<0>1726<0>323<0>2161<0>2575<0>838<0>2536<0>2946<0>1147<0>1304<0>1422<0>734<0>1097<0>1467<0>3276<0>1479<0>3116... |
May God bless the many, many more heroes. | <0>3419<0>1232<0>2244<0>1869<0>469<0>43<0>1790<0>2669<0>4010<0>1010<0>3535<0>1300<0>210<0>1012<0>2716<0>979<0>1209<0>3781<0>3466<0>662<0>556<0>3134<0>236<0>3320<0>1209<0>768<0>869<0>560<0>4023<0>3602<0>1940<0>2844<0>3949<0>3434<0>614<0>625<0>247<0>349<0>602<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>3981... |
Yeah, this is one of those books where... I'm... | <0>1070<0>1797<0>2872<0>2949<0>317<0>3278<0>448<0>855<0>918<0>2482<0>3145<0>586<0>340<0>177<0>990<0>584<0>1955<0>1620<0>3115<0>1304<0>544<0>1955<0>2615<0>3146<0>3404<0>1819<0>3212<0>3129<0>1376<0>4058<0>869<0>3237<0>3237<0>3237<0>3237<0>3237<0>3237<0>869<0>3237<0>3237<0>869<0>3237<0>2007<0>3237<0>869<0>2007<0>2754<0>92... |
Bob Slaughter was his nickname, Bob Slaughter. And when he got to England... | <0>870<0>1981<0>787<0>2619<0>1547<0>1547<0>1954<0>26<0>3650<0>3828<0>4010<0>2159<0>1492<0>1834<0>3888<0>538<0>3966<0>3438<0>298<0>847<0>3065<0>1150<0>2316<0>1886<0>3972<0>545<0>3850<0>2123<0>3844<0>1819<0>1819<0>3404<0>3426<0>2676<0>3236<0>3759<0>1306<0>1884<0>1406<0>3177<0>1848<0>2494<0>76<0>521<0>521<0>2670<0>1547<0>... |
They actually took him and a bunch of other soldiers and they formed them into a new unit called the 29th Rangers. And they trained these guys ultra hard. | <0>4058<0>3024<0>1530<0>1647<0>1010<0>2917<0>954<0>4053<0>3503<0>3617<0>2050<0>1574<0>1069<0>4007<0>670<0>2588<0>2935<0>3274<0>1924<0>10<0>3974<0>1653<0>2976<0>922<0>3274<0>3278<0>448<0>3493<0>1869<0>2962<0>3529<0>792<0>1011<0>1658<0>2865<0>1886<0>3888<0>1684<0>3274<0>3537<0>3974<0>2357<0>2632<0>792<0>1684<0>2961<0>317... |
They did all kinds of stuff for 11 months, getting ready for the invasion. These, these 29th Rangers, they did marching and mountain climbing in a crazy obstacle course. They trained in unarmed combat. They did log PT, cold weather training. I mean just grueling training. And at the end of all that horse training, | <0>3718<0>696<0>1539<0>230<0>2783<0>2240<0>662<0>3129<0>1153<0>545<0>890<0>3563<0>325<0>2767<0>3287<0>3160<0>334<0>2415<0>627<0>2415<0>3135<0>2151<0>3906<0>3177<0>490<0>627<0>538<0>183<0>3115<0>264<0>1501<0>291<0>3177<0>1206<0>2498<0>3439<0>3194<0>2111<0>1227<0>3699<0>1223<0>3611<0>2812<0>1539<0>2938<0>1651<0>249<0>145... |
For a number of reasons, they actually disbanded this group. | <0>3362<0>3404<0>1819<0>1981<0>419<0>3575<0>3670<0>1401<0>475<0>1309<0>1978<0>279<0>2615<0>926<0>3793<0>3966<0>4065<0>4031<0>3535<0>855<0>3071<0>3071<0>2007<0>2498<0>2935<0>901<0>2767<0>1010<0>2773<0>3974<0>2632<0>662<0>632<0>2734<0>3278<0>289<0>3447<0>1547<0>1833<0>3969<0>2604<0>3250<0>1916<0>702<0>869<0>3028<0>1547<0... |
And they sent them all back with their regular units. So they had a group of guys that got trained super hard, you know, like what we would consider a modern, sort of special operations selection course. | <0>2007<0>2656<0>1684<0>2485<0>3850<0>2978<0>1525<0>3999<0>3784<0>1113<0>2865<0>1241<0>1464<0>2715<0>644<0>3440<0>3888<0>475<0>2643<0>2059<0>1819<0>3730<0>1525<0>3472<0>3297<0>1799<0>1206<0>3177<0>874<0>117<0>1960<0>3433<0>3147<0>3276<0>3840<0>3115<0>820<0>1322<0>3673<0>2767<0>1611<0>3906<0>3974<0>2976<0>3974<0>3515<0>... |
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