Preserving The Oral HistorIES of Combat Veterans
9:17 | Bob Jones recounts his training which included returning from leave just as his battalion was packing up to ship out for departure. Once he arrived in Korea, an early morning enemy artillery strike made his first combat experience an unforgettable one.
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Bob Jones recounts a particularly hairy encounter when his Battalion had to come to the rescue of a faction of the British Army. Jones then returns home and makes a quick decision on where to go and what to do.
