Contents
Title Page....................iii
Contents....................v
Preface....................vii
Acknowledgement....................ix
An Order to Move....................1
Illustration No. 1 - T-8 Antitank Gun....................3
Illustration No. 2 - Gun Crew, T-8 Antitank Gun....................4
Illustration No. 3 - Typical T-8 Antitank Gun Weapon System....................4
Aircraft Overhead....................11
Greetings, From the Luftwaffe....................12
Illustration No. 5, Messerschmitt ME-210....................18
The Weapon System is Attacked Again....................19
A Third Attack....................24
A Fourth Attack....................27
A Medic Appears....................31
A Fifth Attack....................34
A Sixth Attack....................41
The Attacks End....................50
An Antiaircraft unit arrives....................52
The Casualty Toll....................53
Evacuation to Hospitals....................56
The Field Hospital, Lorraine, France....................60
99th General Hospital, Verdun, France....................65
A Squad Member Visits....................71
Assessing My Damage....................79
Recovery and Rehabilitation....................81
Transfer to England....................82
Convalescent Hospital, Newbury, England....................85
President Roosevelt Dies, April 12, 1945....................88
Bob Hope Show, April 17 & 18, 1945....................89
Getting up and around....................91
Illustration No's 6 & 7....................91
Tea Time in London....................92
Illustration Nos. 8, 9, &10....................95
Illustrations Nos. 11 & 12....................100
Olive Releases, Lucy Acquires....................100
Germany Surrenders, May 7, 1945....................102
Return to Duty....................103
Afterthoughts....................105
Ode's to a Memory....................111
Ode to the Luftwaffe, Temptation....................113
Ode to Paul, Run Paul Run....................115
Ode to a Rough Day, Sixteen Times....................117
Illustration No. 13, Route of 71st Division....................119
Illustration No. 14, After Convalescence....................120