Preserving The Oral HistorIES of Combat Veterans
2:35 | On the day he turned 18, Sgt. George Hanes registered to serve in the Army. He recalls why his infantry training was cut short, and describes an unfortunate booby trap accident.
On the day he turned 18, Sgt. George Hanes registered to serve in the Army. He recalls why his infantry training was cut short, and describes an unfortunate booby trap accident.
Fog, minefields, and German submarine attacks formed a trail to danger as George Hanes and 1500 others neared Scotland. Here he relives a torpedo attack and what he saw on his 35,000 ton battleship.
In 1945, after his battalion secured a German outpost, George Hanes faced the unthinkable, "friendly fire." In this eye-opening account, he describes what happened one very frightening night.
While taking German prisoners, Sgt. Hanes was surpised at how young many of them appeared. Here he shares how two farm women helped him capture four of them.
In this chilling account, Sgt. Hanes recalls shooting and missing a German soldier and how he escaped heavy machine gun fire after his radio went dead.
Witnessing the destruction of war, Sgt. Hanes describes how badly the Germans were hit, and a terrifying ride home on a ship slammed by sixty foot waves.
In this chilling account, George Hanes describes an act of cruelty during hand to hand combat between his squadron leader and a German soldier.
George Hanes relives the moments after a gun jammed while being fired at by the Germans. He also describes other types of artillery.
