He use to sit in his chair at a very old age after he took a SHOT of whiskey and of course offered me also.
And tell me stories some tough to handle.
How at night in a fox hole filled with water they would stay put for days had to pee in same water .
They’re skin getting foot rot with sores
They were scared to move with tracers blowing by there heads as the enemy would be taunting them to move only 50-60 feet away .
Keep in mind a 15 year old kid.
They finally made a aggressive frontal move flooding area with gun fire hand grenades obviously it worked but they took casualties and horrific injuries but beat back the enemy enough to reestablish there position and regroup and kept moving forward ,
He survived but war never left him alone a moment’s peace, he kept all this in his heart NEVER let our family know of these stories do not to affect us .
I would see him talking to himself quietly in his chair only then I’d ask what’s up PA who you talking to then he’d share.
I have his burial flag