Comments on: A forgotten truth http://www.whatsdrivingyoucrazy.com/blog/2009/05/25/a-forgotten-truth/ Sat, 09 Jan 2010 07:02:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Lee Dunkelberg http://www.whatsdrivingyoucrazy.com/blog/2009/05/25/a-forgotten-truth/comment-page-1/#comment-892 Lee Dunkelberg Mon, 25 May 2009 19:41:15 +0000 http://www.whatsdrivingyoucrazy.com/blog/?p=1398#comment-892 I found the story about the artillery barrage. It came from Dr. Lloyd Berry of San Antonio, who served as an Army corpsman in Europe during World War II. "Well, we loaded him into an ambulance. And as I was about to turn around and speak to some other people that I knew, an 88 shell whistled on through and exploded about 100 yards away from us on the railroad track. Everybody around me scrambled for help. And there were concrete holes on the side of the railroad track, and people jumped in those. And right near me there was a Jeep and another shell came in 30 yards further along the railroad track. And we were on the railroad track. And there was a Jeep nearby. I figure I can jump underneath that Jeep and I'll be safe. But four other people jumped in there before me and I was left out in the open. A third shell came in. It was about 30 yards away. I knew the next shell was going to come down right on top of us. There were huge explosions. I looked around frantically. There was no place to go. I threw myself along the railroad track. There was a little railroad track was up above on a little knoll hill kind of a thing. I threw myself along there and hoped and pray and God have Mer, and the third shell came almost right on top of us. I'll tell you what that was like. It was a huge explosion all around, and smoke all around. Screaming shrapnel whistling over our heads. The shell had hit the Jeep that I wanted to get under. There were four men under that Jeep. As I got out, two of the men had been killed outright. One of them had been, his lower half of his body had been torn off and one of his legs flew out and hit one of the men in one of these concrete holes. I wasn't touched. The shell landed within 15 feet, maybe 20 feet away from me. Two of the men were killed outright. Two of the other men weren't even touched. They had white powder on them. They came out yelling oh my God oh my God, oh my God, completely out of their minds. You couldn't reach them. I couldn't hear. My ears I couldn't hear. It must have been the concussion of that shell. But I'll tell you, that shell did me in. It took me a while to get over that. I can still close my eyes and see that shell coming in. I just started to say oh God have mercy. Oh God have Mer and bam it hit. " I found the story about the artillery barrage. It came from Dr. Lloyd Berry of San Antonio, who served as an Army corpsman in Europe during World War II.
“Well, we loaded him into an ambulance. And as I was about to turn around and speak to some other people that I knew, an 88 shell whistled on through and exploded about 100 yards away from us on the railroad track. Everybody around me scrambled for help. And there were concrete holes on the side of the railroad track, and people jumped in those. And right near me there was a Jeep and another shell came in 30 yards further along the railroad track.

And we were on the railroad track. And there was a Jeep nearby. I figure I can jump underneath that Jeep and I’ll be safe. But four other people jumped in there before me and I was left out in the open. A third shell came in. It was about 30 yards away. I knew the next shell was going to come down right on top of us. There were huge explosions.

I looked around frantically. There was no place to go. I threw myself along the railroad track. There was a little railroad track was up above on a little knoll hill kind of a thing. I threw myself along there and hoped and pray and God have Mer, and the third shell came almost right on top of us. I’ll tell you what that was like. It was a huge explosion all around, and smoke all around.

Screaming shrapnel whistling over our heads. The shell had hit the Jeep that I wanted to get under. There were four men under that Jeep.

As I got out, two of the men had been killed outright. One of them had been, his lower half of his body had been torn off and one of his legs flew out and hit one of the men in one of these concrete holes.

I wasn’t touched. The shell landed within 15 feet, maybe 20 feet away from me. Two of the men were killed outright. Two of the other men weren’t even touched. They had white powder on them. They came out yelling oh my God oh my God, oh my God, completely out of their minds. You couldn’t reach them. I couldn’t hear. My ears I couldn’t hear. It must have been the concussion of that shell.

But I’ll tell you, that shell did me in. It took me a while to get over that. I can still close my eyes and see that shell coming in. I just started to say oh God have mercy. Oh God have Mer and bam it hit. “

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