Time Summary:
1:00 Introduction, place of birth
1:20 Correct pronunciation of last name
1:30 Parents occupation
2:00 Way he joined the Army
3:00 Names of siblings, what they did in the military
4:21 Occupation before the service
5:21 Decision on branch of military to join
5:49 Rank in service
7:59 Able to stay working on the railroads
8:10 Bootcamp experience
9:33 Battalion went on strike over food
10:33 Learned Army way of railroading
11:06 Made rifle sharpshooter
11:50 Stationed at Camp Harahan in New Orleans
12:20 Landed in Omaha Beach, then Normandy
12:54 Sleeping arrangements with tents in Normandy
13:24 With Myron Jones in Chicago and Normandy
14:08 Experience in moving trains
17:16 Looked for George after trains hit
18:11 No bombs exploded after trains hit
18:55 Troops move trains already loaded
19:25 Engine types used on trains
20:30 Transported what ever there was to front lines
20:58 In charge of transporting General Patton’s 4th armored train
22:20 Transported trains all through France
22:39 No combat missions
23:31 Food train experience
25:10 Received French Medal of Honor, 4 Battle Star pin
27:13 Transported train with refugees
28:20 No military protection while running trains
28:28 Picture of brothers and brother-in-law in uniform
29:00 Transported train to Bastogne, France, Battle of the Bulge
31:00 Friends made in France
31:49 No R&R
32:00 Met people from the FFE in Paris
33:06 Able to write letters home
33:27 Branches of the military brothers were in
34:28 Came home on victory ship
35:45 Experience coming home
36:18 Returned to work at the railroad
36:28 Frozen feet in Belgium
37:27 Married, wife wants to visit aunt and uncle in Santa Cruz
38:00 Moved to Santa Cruz
38:29 Uncle left inheritance to children
38:59 Two boys
39:27 Attended military reunions in Chicago. New York, Kentucky and California
40:26 Reunions dwindling due people passing
40:58 Talked about fellow soldiers passing
42:00 How fast the trains ran
43:22 Life member of VFW, quit American Legion
43:47 Meets with fellow soldiers twice monthly
44:43 Describes members of group
45:07 Has peripheral neuropathy
47:05 Never forgets scenes from war
47:40 Feels sorry for soldiers in all wars
47:59 War is hell
48:52 Book with pictures soldiers, bombed railroads
50:38 Picture of soldiers in Germany, he is in one picture
51:20 Advice for future generations: Try not to go to war
52:01 Looks for picture of Billy
53:00 Picture of train accident that Billy was in
54:01 Almost killed by train
55:26 Not easy to run trains