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| What was boot camp like? It was though but good. Did you get drafted? No, I was already in the Army when the war started. Did you want to go? Yes. Did they hit you in boot camp? No. What time did you get up and go to bed? 6am, 9pm How long was boot camp? 13 weeks. What did boot camp teach you that you didn�t already know? They taught you how to shoot a gun, and get along with the other guys in your group. How old where you when you joined? 19. What was traveling on planes like? We didn�t go by trains we went by trains, and they where miserable. The lines for chow really long. What kind of conditions where there on boats? Terrible, I was on F deck and that was way below the water line and the bunks where 9 high and I was all the way on top. How where the living conditions and the food? Good. What did you do during the day on the boats? Played cards and cleaned our gear. What was your job if you where under attack? Shoot back. Where you under attack when you landed on the beach? Yes. What was your job while landing? Just to take the beach without getting shot. Did you see any of your friends get blown up? No, but I did see them get shot. What was war like, what sounds did you here? It was very scary at night you could here gun fire and the enemy in the jungle, one night one of them stepped right into my fox hole I just held my breath and he kept going. How was the food while on land? It was OK, at first we had C rations and then we got B rations and they where better. What did you do during the day on land? Patrolled in groups of 6 or 8 and when we found where the enemy was hiding we would make a map and take it back to the artillery and they would bomb them. |