I’m still living
Heroes Remember - The Second World War
I’m still living
Transcript
All the vehicles had gone aboard the ship . . . and take them off
the ship, and for . . . of all things, when I went to back my
truck off, my heavens, the battery was dead. And I said to
them, I said, "Somebody must have left the little switch on." I
said. "Not me." I said, "Not me." I said. "I looked my truck over
before I left it," 'cause I'm the last one on, and I gotta move
me to get all them other vehicles backed out. And I couldn't
understand that someone . . . and I looked it all over before I
left. And then, when I went to start, it wouldn't go, so
somebody had to tow me off the truck, and that's why we stopped.
And the, and the Corporal come over, and he said, "You just pull
up there and stop in France." And the other fella stopped, "He
will . . . look it, I'll be back to get you." Getting right
off the boat and getting on land and seeing so many of our
soldiers. There he is, just saw him last night, there he is, head
gone, body gone, everything gone. Yeah, that was, that
was . . . every area that they could throw a bomb or shell, the
Germans did it. And sometimes you wonder how come you're
so . . . we were lucky, this . . .all other fellas gone, and
there I'm still living, you know? Still living,
it's a funny thing.
Description
Mr. Parsons describes landing his truck at Normandy and seeing fellow soldiers dead on the beach.
Meta Data
- Medium:
- Video
- Owner:
- Veterans Affairs Canada
- Duration:
- 1:43
- Person Interviewed:
- Ivan “Benny” Parsons
- War, Conflict or Mission:
- Second World War
- Battle/Campaign:
- D-Day
- Branch:
- Army
- Units/Ship:
- Artillery Corps
- Rank:
- Warrant Officer
- Occupation:
- Truck Driver
- Date modified: