Native Americans in World War II - Critical Press Media

somewhere between there we met the Russians on the River Elbe- and I suppose that ended all war with Germany – we crossed theriver. I made one more parachute jump in Berlin after the warwas over, just a show of force. At the time I was there, they hadno fraternization with the Germans.We were Eisenhower’s personal guards for awhile after the warwas ended. I thought he was an outstanding man. Then onemorning we got on airplanes and they never had enough airplanesfor all of us to fly back at once. My particular group got on B-17flying bomber airplanes and we came back from Germany toFrance to England to Iceland to Greenland and Labrador andlanded in Connecticut. We were picking up troops all the wayhome.While we were in Connecticut, we went through a sort ofdebriefing for awhile. It lasted about two or three days and then Icame back to Texas. I was home for about a 30 day leave when Igot orders to report to a Camp in Florida.We went through jungle training where they would take us outinto the swamps with no food, with nothing at all, and we had tosurvive out there for a certain length of time. [We lived] off theland, eating whatever thing you could find to eat, every animal,birds. We eat everything but a crow or an owl.While we were out there, they dropped a bomb, the big bomb onHiroshima. We were supposed to parachute on to the coast ofJapan opposite a Japanese division of extra mean fighters. Butwhen they dropped the bomb, that stopped it allI came home and was discharged at Ellington Air Force Base inHouston. My folks all lived in Bryan at that time. I started A&Mcollege; at that time the army was paying. I took entomology andagronomy and graduated from the Police school. Then I got in onthe Bryan Police Department. That was around '46 or '47. Afterworking for the Police Department, I went to the Sheriff’sDepartment where I worked for Mr. Hamilton, the sheriff. After Iquit that, I was bailiff in 82nd District court under JudgeMcDonald. Meanwhile I worked with Department of PublicSafety. I assisted them for about 16 years, and I still ride with28