so i lay behind that burl and they were shooting it and i dug out a cigarette out of a waterproof cigarette holder, put that in my mouth and reached in for my matches and my matches were all wet. not 3 1/2 feet behind me on my left-hand side, i looked back, there was a gi there. and i said, buddy, have you got a match? and he didn t answer. i looked back again and there was no head under the helmet. to this day, i think that soul of that boy inspired me to get up and get a move to the cliffs,
waterproof cigarette holder, put that in my mouth and reached in for my matches and my matches were all wet. not 3 1/2 feet behind me on my left-hand side, i looked back, there was a gi there. and i said, buddy, have you got a match? and he didn t answer. i looked back again and there was no head under the helmet. to this day, i think that soul of that boy inspired me to get up get a move to the cliffs, which is exactly what i did. how about that? june 6th of 1944.
was up to my chin, and i found it just seemed like in front of me came this burrow, and at that time two machine guns were shooting at me from two different angles, cross-firing right at right at my feet. and that little burrow kept them from hitting me. so i lay behind that burl and they were shooting it and i dug out a cigarette out of a waterproof cigarette holder, put that in my mouth and reached in for my matches and my matches were all wet. not 3 1/2 feet behind me on my left-hand side, i looked back, there was a gi there.
were shooting at me from two different angles. cross firing right at my feet. that little girl kept them from hitting me. i lay behind the that burl. they were shooting it and i dug out of a cigarette out of a water proof cigarette holder. put that in my mouth and reached in for my matches and my matches were all wet. not three and a half feet behind me on my left hand side, i looked back. there was a gi there and i said, buddy have you got a match. he didn t answer. i looked back again and there was no head under the helmet.