Never got hit...but my flashlight did!!!

Here is my favorite story from my grandfather. He told it to me the year before he passed away while we sat in his kitchen.

I have taken this article from the Independent Record as it is better than I could write it.

After retrieving their casualties, they were sent to the top of la Difensa as reinforcements. Their next battalion mission, from their base at Caserta, was to take Hill 720. Moving at night, they encountered “friendly fire” from U.S. artillery. “We radioed and finally got them to stop shelling, but lost a lot of men first,” Herb recalls.

“After capturing the hill, we then received heavy enemy fire. We lost our company commander on the top.” Goodwin, who became company commander for the conquest of Mount Majo, was hit by machine gun fire in the attack, which went through his backpack, knocking him down.

“My rations were ruined and a bullet went through my flashlight. But it still worked,” he smiles.

If you haven't seen the short tribute I made to the Force and my grandfather please check it out.

It is called "Our Grandpa Was A Black Devil"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C-ymj-ADGM

That's a very interesting story about your grandfather's flashlight being hit by a bullet, it was a very close call, thank God your grandfather wasn't injured.

Redberet wrote:That's a very interesting story about your grandfather's flashlight being hit by a bullet, it was a very close call, thank God your grandfather wasn't injured.

It is actually quite amazing that some of them were never hit. I just recieved an article form Maurice White 3-1 and found out that he too was one of those who never got hit, but he came real close. Look for his page on the main site coming soon.