Post by floydragsdale on Sept 17, 2014 18:39:45 GMT -5
Hello everyone:
The sensation of experiencing a monster of a tank spinning around and around over a Soldiers foxhole is not a pleasant memory to reminiscence over. Yet, this veteran experienced that and lived to tell about it.
The tank, a German one, was coming straight at my foxhole.
While in combat, much of the time, a soldier doesn’t have time to dilly dally over what to do! This was one of those moments; hunker down in the foxhole was the one and only choice I had.
Soon the tank was on top of my foxhole, grinding its’ tread around and around on top of the hole.
Instantly, a flash back of basic training came to mind, “Dig that foxhole deep enough soldier, or you can be crushed to death in it by a tank”, we were told.
As chunks of earth were falling down my neckline, I thought, “Thank God this hole is deep enough.”
Moments such as this seem to last far too long, however in horrifying seconds they are gone.
As the unfriendly tank continued on its’ way, this anxious Soldier anticipated German Infantry men to be following close behind; however, fortunately for me they where not.
In less time than it takes to tell about it, I was out of that hole in the ground and scampering for more friendly territory, which was several hundred yards away.
That was an occasion in this Veteran’s life that I’ll never forget.
Floyd,
424th Regiment
The sensation of experiencing a monster of a tank spinning around and around over a Soldiers foxhole is not a pleasant memory to reminiscence over. Yet, this veteran experienced that and lived to tell about it.
The tank, a German one, was coming straight at my foxhole.
While in combat, much of the time, a soldier doesn’t have time to dilly dally over what to do! This was one of those moments; hunker down in the foxhole was the one and only choice I had.
Soon the tank was on top of my foxhole, grinding its’ tread around and around on top of the hole.
Instantly, a flash back of basic training came to mind, “Dig that foxhole deep enough soldier, or you can be crushed to death in it by a tank”, we were told.
As chunks of earth were falling down my neckline, I thought, “Thank God this hole is deep enough.”
Moments such as this seem to last far too long, however in horrifying seconds they are gone.
As the unfriendly tank continued on its’ way, this anxious Soldier anticipated German Infantry men to be following close behind; however, fortunately for me they where not.
In less time than it takes to tell about it, I was out of that hole in the ground and scampering for more friendly territory, which was several hundred yards away.
That was an occasion in this Veteran’s life that I’ll never forget.
Floyd,
424th Regiment
