Custermen; Not only could the German artillary fire in a straight trajectory
but In Italy they came up with an 88 shell with a timer and they set it so
it would explode before it hit the ground,like an aerial burst. Mostly trying
to knock out our mortars. At night they had flares they would fire and had
a parachute hooked to the flare so it just floated down. Talking about our
howitzers. When the Germans counterattacked at Salerno if it hadn't been
for the 151st. Field Artillery the Germans would have drove the 36th Divn.
back to the beach. That's history, not say so. Talking about the mountains
when we first went up to the top, we said , man this fog is thick! Fog my butt
we were in the clouds. Cold and wet. I always tried to have two pair if socks.
I carried the extra pair under my fatigue shirt. Warm and dry. But above
all I am convinced that Almighty God watched over me. Just a shrapnel
bite on the leg. Custermen ,sorry I got carried away. All this happened
over 60 years ago, time to put it to rest. Roque