The D-Day landing on Omaha was chaotic. He hit the beach and immediately started digging a foxhole. Just as he was finishing, another GI jumped into it. So, he started another hole and yet another GI jumped into that! He then moved forward and took cover behind an anti-tank barrier. A German artillery shell landed close by, he glanced back and the two holes he had dug were gone, along with the soldiers who had occupied them.
A few days later, they were approaching a French village they believed had been given up by the Germans. They suspected there was cognac stored in villager's basements and they wanted to get theirs before the officers did. So, they commandeered a couple of jeeps and went into town. As they were preparing to leave, one of the teams came out of a basement and saw a line of Germans standing at attention. They wanted to surrender but the NCO's did not want to escort them back to American lines because they didn't want their cache of cognac discovered. So, they loaded up the German's weapons, told them to walk 20 miles "that way" and headed back to camp with the German weapons and some mighty fine French cognac.
And that's the way it was for then Army Private Zaragoza Munguia.
Experiences of Alonzo Munguia's father - Zaragoza Munguia. He would remain in the Army until retirement years and retire as Sergeant First Class.
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