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Merle laid in a shadow he laid down in this hole, this shallow ditch where they could still see him. there was only one foot deep. in front of the lone american soldier were six german tanks and hundreds of german soldiers. as bullets flew around him, lieutenant conner directed artillery fire and each time successfully decimating the enemy. they knew he was there and they couldn't get him. at one point a german soldier came within five yards of lieutenant conner before being shot and killed. for three hours the bloody battle raged on. in the last attacks, swarms of german soldiers rushed forwa...

Never really talked about how he had risked his life to save others. >> he had a place about that big in his hip that was about like a -- a softball i would say that -- a hole in his hip like that. and i ask him many times, you know, what happened and tried to get him to explain and he would try to tell me some things, but he just didn't want to talk about it. >> lieutenant conner returned from war and started a tobacco farm in kentucky. he never bragged about his acts of bravery. and barely spoke about them. hence his nickname, the silent farmer. he earned four silver stars and three purple h...