That sounds about right. I like that quote!Man, if you sit down and read the S-1 through S-4 reports, you will gain even more respect for these guys. I swear half the time I don't know if they even slept. The conditions, especially at Anzio were just hell. Day in and day out. But they still accomplished ALL these amazing feats under FIRE.
The casualties too. Sometimes it's hard for me to read, and I actually get teary eyed when I read that someone was injured on one page, and then three pages later I find out that they died. I guess these men are like family to me now and I feel so very close to them. A lot of them have faces now too and that makes it even harder.
Anyway...
M/M ! IF YOU HEAR OR KNOW ANY C/E THAT WAS AT ANZIO, ASK HIM HOW DID THEY LAY THAT SMOKE SCREEN IN FRONT OF US, HEARWHAT I SAID !! IN FRONT OF US. THEY RIGGED UP A JEEP WITH SOMETHING IN THE BACK AND THEN THEY PUT THE PEDDLE TO THE MEDDLE AND LAID DOWN A SMOKE SCREEN. SO FORA LITTLE WHILE WE COULD GET UPAND WALK AROUND. WHERE I WAS AT THERE WAS A LITTLE CREEK..SO WE TOOK "SUPPOSEDLY A BATH" i TALK ABOUT THE FUNNY THINGS ONLY. THOSE COMBAT ENGINEERS SURE KNEW THEIR JOBS. I JUST NOW THOUGHT, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE ON THIS FORUM THAT WAS AT ANZIO ? Just wondered. Rocky