Remembrance of War

Tanner: Good evening. I'm Ted Tanner and welcome to Remembrance of War, where we hear from survivors of both sides of some of history's bloodiest battles. Sam Jarvis remembers where he was on Invasion Day. Tell us about it, Sam. Jarvis: What's to tell? It was awful. It'll give me nightmares for the rest of what's left of my life. Tanner: You lost two thirds of your company coming ashore. Jarvis: Mowed down by machine gun fire. Some of them were boys I grew up with. I watched them die in front of my eyes. Tanner: And Andy Green, you were there as well. How do you remember this event? Green: Well that was one of the battles we won, so I have fond memories of it. As I recall, a whole company of enemy troops came ashore and walked right out in front of our guns, so we opened fire. Tanner: Did you lose any close friends? Green: No, it was just me and my partner taking turns on the machine gun. We invented a game to see who could kill the most invaders. And we awarded extra points when they cried as they fell. (Laughing) They were just a like a bunch of stupid sitting ducks waiting to be annihilated - (Jarvis takes Green by the throat.) Tanner: Now, now. Calm down, men. The war is over and we're all friends. Of course, most of the deaths of that war were caused by bombing. Bobby Stevens was only ten years old when his house was bombed, killing his father. Tell us about it, Bobby. Stevens: I'll never forgive them. Ten years old, minding my own business when a bomb explodes, killing my father. Everything that went wrong with my life after that was because of that bomb. Tanner: And in the air that night on a bombing mission for his country was Horst Hoffman. Mister Hoffman, what was it like for you and your crew on that fateful night? Hoffman: Pretty good. It was the captain's birthday, and Arnold (short for 'Arnoldo'), a South American mercenary, played the accordion, whilst Boris Karlsberg invented a dance. Then someone brought out a birthday cake, but no one had any candles. So my buddy Jacques, whose father admired Napoleon, opened the hatch and said, 'You want candles? I'll give you candles!' (He starts laughing when Stevens takes him by the throat and shakes him.)
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