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<blockquote data-quote="HOSS" data-source="post: 846134" data-attributes="member: 1863"><p>I promised some pics....</p><p></p><p>Corporal Walter B. Smith looking through the sights of an M1 Garand for the first time in 67 years.</p><p><img src="http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h275/joefranks_photos/IMG00176-20110709-1437.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Telling about how he was ordered by his Captain to climb thru a window into a building in Metz, France to look for Germans. He surprised 6 sitting at a round table loading ammo belts. They saw him about the same time he saw them. He said he gave them all 8 rounds from his M1 from about 15 ft distance and he would have given them 9 rounds if he could.......he then dove headfirst back out of the window and landed on his captain breaking his captains collar bone in the process <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /> All 6 Germans were killed though he said he doesn't know how since he thought he had his eyes closed through the whole incident.</p><p><img src="http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h275/joefranks_photos/IMG00177-20110709-1437.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Some of his campaign medals, Purple heart, discharge papers and pictures. Note the captured German bayonet at the far laft of the case. He would not elaborate on how he got it but he said the German soldier didn't need it any more.</p><p><img src="http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h275/joefranks_photos/IMG00179-20110709-1504.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>A picture of him with his M1 that he was issued before leaving Camp Shelby, Mississippi for New York City to sail to England.</p><p><img src="http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h275/joefranks_photos/IMG00180-20110709-1521.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>I am proud of my Uncle and his service. He talked for 3 hours as I scibbled notes on places, dates and names. He remembered the names of his 11 squad members, their wives / girlfriends names and their hometowns. He said he avoided knowing anybody else if he could because guys were dying so fast he didn't want to know them personally.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HOSS, post: 846134, member: 1863"] I promised some pics.... Corporal Walter B. Smith looking through the sights of an M1 Garand for the first time in 67 years. [img]http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h275/joefranks_photos/IMG00176-20110709-1437.jpg[/img] Telling about how he was ordered by his Captain to climb thru a window into a building in Metz, France to look for Germans. He surprised 6 sitting at a round table loading ammo belts. They saw him about the same time he saw them. He said he gave them all 8 rounds from his M1 from about 15 ft distance and he would have given them 9 rounds if he could.......he then dove headfirst back out of the window and landed on his captain breaking his captains collar bone in the process :o All 6 Germans were killed though he said he doesn't know how since he thought he had his eyes closed through the whole incident. [img]http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h275/joefranks_photos/IMG00177-20110709-1437.jpg[/img] Some of his campaign medals, Purple heart, discharge papers and pictures. Note the captured German bayonet at the far laft of the case. He would not elaborate on how he got it but he said the German soldier didn't need it any more. [img]http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h275/joefranks_photos/IMG00179-20110709-1504.jpg[/img] A picture of him with his M1 that he was issued before leaving Camp Shelby, Mississippi for New York City to sail to England. [img]http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h275/joefranks_photos/IMG00180-20110709-1521.jpg[/img] I am proud of my Uncle and his service. He talked for 3 hours as I scibbled notes on places, dates and names. He remembered the names of his 11 squad members, their wives / girlfriends names and their hometowns. He said he avoided knowing anybody else if he could because guys were dying so fast he didn't want to know them personally. [/QUOTE]
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