Post by DCS on Dec 19, 2016 9:08:55 GMT -6
And he got him a Sika buck. 150 lbs, 150 yards with a 243 right behind the shoulder. Don't mess with those old soldiers. This guy fought in Italy and was injured during an artillery barrage. He joined up when he was 17 years old.
He was telling us the shell that went off close to him exploded and knocked him out, when he woke up, he didn't hear anything, he didn't see anything or anybody and he was enveloped in white smoke. He actually thought he was dead and was in the clouds. He eventually got up and regrouped with his company. He also said, something they noticed the Germans would shoot the hell out of them until about noon and then for about an hour it would just stop, they finally figured out, they were taking their lunch break.
He was telling us the shell that went off close to him exploded and knocked him out, when he woke up, he didn't hear anything, he didn't see anything or anybody and he was enveloped in white smoke. He actually thought he was dead and was in the clouds. He eventually got up and regrouped with his company. He also said, something they noticed the Germans would shoot the hell out of them until about noon and then for about an hour it would just stop, they finally figured out, they were taking their lunch break.
