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  • Ford, Richard Segment 10

    Richard Ford notes that they really got nailed at the Elbe River.

  • Ford, Richard Segment 11

    Richard Ford was pinned down by a German machine gun. He was up against a hedgerow so tight that he could not move.

  • Ford, Richard Segment 12

    Richard Ford had a carbine which was made by Remington. The barrel still had factory markings on it.

  • Ford, Richard Segment 13

    Richard Ford had 180 men in his company with six officers in his LCI [Annotators Note: Landing Craft Infantry] on D Day [Annotators Note: 6 June 19

  • Ford, Richard Segment 14

    Richard Ford recalls one time when they got a bunch of replacements. He thought those guys were something else.

  • Ford, Richard Segment 15

    Richard Ford is able to watch World War 2 movies. Most of the movies in his opinion are a bunch of BS.

  • Ford, Richard Segment 16

    Richard Ford believes that is important for people to know what happened during the war. A lot of people complain about what is going on in Iraq.

  • Ford, Richard Segment 2

    Richard Ford was in Panama City when Pearl Harbor was attacked. He was in a bar when he found out.

  • Ford, Richard Segment 3

    Richard Ford waited about three months for a boat back to the United States. Germans were sinking boats in the Gulf of Mexico.

  • Ford, Richard Segment 4

    Richard Ford left Bampton and went through Tidworth, England. They were there in the winter of 1942 to 1943.

  • Ford, Richard Segment 5

    Richard Ford was at the assault training center near Bristol for a few months. There was a boys' school near them.

  • Ford, Richard Segment 6

    Richard Ford recalls a nasty day in England. Eisenhower came through with his staff.

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