Speaking of Oklahoma's 100th birthday of statehood, there is a site on the E-News Oklahoma Daily Herald about World War II veterans. It has their stories, pictures, as well as newspaper photos.
I looked at some of the stories and found this one to be of particular interest. There was even a picture of it in the Stars and Stripes.
This was told by an OKC attorney.
He said a friend's father was a cook in the Marine Corps at Guadalcanal. At one point, he was given a rifle and put on the line during one very desperate time.
He was badly wounded and underwent surgery at a field hospital where they put him into a full body cast. There was nowhere to put him while it dried, so he was put on a stretcher and placed on two 50 gallon drums.
"As he lay helpless, Japanese planes strafed the area, barely missing him. Not long after, a photo of him lying on a stretcher across two barrels was published in the Stars and Stripes, showing one of the barrels marked 'Drinking Water'--with bullet holes in it, and the other-- intact--marked 'Aviation Fuel.'"
Now, there's a good story.
Some Guys Have All the Luck. --RoadDog
RoadDog's RoadLog Blog: Being my travels down those great two lane highways of this nation as well as news I learn about them from media sources. Since I'm also very interested in historic preservation, there will be a lot of that as well.
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