décembre - 2004

 
   
 
 
An american soldier told about his war day by day, from hell of Omaha to Hurtgen, in the ranks of the Big Red One

John F. Mickey was American, he was 35 in 1944 and lived in Michigan. He did enlisted in september 1943, he thought he could do some "job" in this war. When he enlisted he was not expected for that kind of life : the long separation from loved one, the horror of war, and even hunger and thirst. All along the fightings he took notes, and many years later he decided to write about sixty pages. John F. Mickey passed away in 1989. With his son's permission, his memories are told there. It is the experience of a "common" man who believed in some human valours, and who fight for them from the beaches of Normandy to the Hurtgen forest, in Germany, where he had been wounded.
(John F. Mickey's memories - 1944/1945)

Episode 10 : France
" Gains were measured by a few hundreds yards or two or three fields...". By John F. Mickey

The Battle of Saint-Lô
Saint-lô was a 20 00She said : “I will pray that you return to your home again”. I did bring that medal home with me.

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