“I’ve thought about this often. That man and I might’ve been good friends. We might have had a lot in common. He might’ve liked to fish, or he might like to hunt. You never know. ‘Course they were doing what they were supposed to do, and I was trying to do what I was supposed to do. But under different circumstances, we might have been good friends.”
-Darrell “Shifty” Powers talking about the German enemy
- 4 months ago
- 131
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Right at the end of the war, I had my name pulled out of a hat to come home early on furlough. Four of us won, one from each company: Headquarters, Dog, Fox, and Easy. As we traveled down the road in the back of this truck, this drunk GI came around the corner at us and crashed into us. I flew out and broke my pelvis and my wrist.
They shot my full of morphine at the wreck site. The next thing I knew I woke up in the field hospital and a nurse was taking my clothes off. I opened my eyes for a few seconds. I saw her take off my boots. When she got to my pants (I had bloused them with condoms, like we always did), she jumped back and gave out a big great squeal. That’s all I remember before I went back under.
"— Shifty Powers (via 0swalts)
(Source: myshitfiltersfull)
- 5 months ago
- 19
