05-20-2007, 06:36 PM
Marions quote: Just thought I would add this..." If you are ONLY into watching bang-bang shoot-em up movies, then you probably won't get into it. Let's face it, a great deal of time spent in the infantry included long bouts of no sleep, waiting and keeping watch. This is ain't Rambo fellows." How true Marion. Few people not there dont seem to realize being in actual combat was such a SMALL part of our life then in actual hours or days or months. Mostly it was the just being scared, wet, cold, hungry, tired, dirty, and wondering what came next. And when it would end. Decent sleep was mostly out of the question. I recall one night we stopped at a small shelled out village we just took. I for one crawled into a bed for several hours. Next day I had a "visit" from the "mechanized dandruff" I had picked up. It was scratch, scratch, scratch till I got a can of delouseing powder from the medic. This was not unusual.
I'm with you Joe; I WONDER, what would be the difference between Battle of the Bulge, snow on level ground and the battle of Monte Cassino, yes snow and also wind,,going from rock to rock going uphill. Hey Joe, I didn't need any delouse powder!!! Just a little heat from our coleman stove. Roque