0:00 - Introduction / Family information / Early life in Indiana

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Keywords: bootleggers; coal miner; father; fishing; Great Depression; ice seller; prohibition; railroad

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6:45 - Working at the shipyard in Evansville Indiana

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Keywords: building patterns; employment; Landing Ship Tank (LST); shipyard; wages

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10:26 - Draft board notice and examination

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Keywords: argument; Army; draft; layout man; Navy; shipyard

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12:14 - Basic Training

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Keywords: advanced training; basic training; Camp Blanding; Camp Promise; foxhole; volunteer replacement

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14:36 - Assignment to the 36th Infantry Division during the Italian Campaign

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Keywords: 36th Infantry Division; Germans; grenades; Italians; Mount Lungo; museum; The Battles for San Pietro

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16:55 - Assignment as a machine gunner / Night attacks across the Rapido River

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Keywords: 30 caliber machine gun (M1917 Browning); casualties; Germans; mines; number 1 gunner; number 2 gunner; Rapido River; San Angelo

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22:09 - Rufusal by General Walker of the 36th Infantry Division to make a day attack crossing of the Rapido River

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Keywords: day attack; General Clark; General Walker; Rapido River; relieved of command

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23:02 - "Purple Heart Valley" / Monte Cassino

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Keywords: casualties; cemetery; foxholes; mines; Monte Cassino; snipers; temporary cease fire; trip wire

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26:08 - Emplacement of machine gun on Monte Cassino / Story about getting wounded

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Keywords: aid station; back injury; casualties; litter bearers; mortar barrage; mules; Tommy Gun; wounded

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30:30 - Healing complications from the wound

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Keywords: 74th Station Hospital; ambulance; graft; medication; Volturno River

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32:33 - Drinking incident while recovering from wound

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Keywords: drinking; MP; return to unit; ward boy; wound

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35:01 - Promotion to Sergeant and squad leader / Making contact with retreating Germans / Withdrawal from German counter attack

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Keywords: counter attacks; jeep; Mongolians; mortars; retreating Germans; withdrawal

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40:47 - The drive North of Rome to Civitavecchia / Amphibious and explosives training

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Keywords: amphibious training; Bangalore torpedo; Malaria; replacements; rest and relaxation (R&R); rumors; Salerno

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43:37 - Amphibious landing in Southern France

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Keywords: Bangalore torpedo; Higgins boat; machine gun; malaria; Purple Heart; seaplane; wounded

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46:15 - Incident with sniper fire and enemy artillery off the beaches

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Keywords: artillery fire; Cannes; casualties; mines; phosphorous shells; sniper; train tunnel; wooden bullet

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50:15 - Preparing for engagement with elements of the German 19th Army at Montelimar

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Keywords: 19th Army; beer; foxholes; machine gun; Montelimar; Rhone River; shovel; Vosges Mountains

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52:54 - The battle with the German 19th Army at Montelimar

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Keywords: 19th Army; air support; artillery fire; casualty; half track; withdrawal

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