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Sgt. George Hanes

WWII | 8th Armored Division, Co. A, 49th Armored Infantry Battalion

In this chilling account, George Hanes describes an act of cruelty during hand to hand combat between his squadron leader and a German soldier. (3:43)
George Hanes relives the moments after a gun jammed while being fired at by the Germans. He also describes other types of artillery. (3:01)
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. (4:39)
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. (4:39)
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. (2:01)
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. (3:08)
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. (2:35)
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. (4:33)
Shawn Patrick

Other Conflict | 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment

It was going to be just four years. Shawn Patrick wanted to check a box in his life that his father and grandfather had checked with military service. He joined the Marines because they're supposed to be the best. During his first Marine Expeditionary cruise he was dispatched to Somalia. (5:02)
Shawn Patrick found the same thing in Somalia that he would find later in Afghanistan and Iraq. You could not tell who the enemy was. It could be anybody. When he got home and went on leave, he was recalled almost immediately to deploy to Haiti. After that brief affair, he heard about the Recon Marines and was determined to get in. (4:30)