Ben,

 

Please add my name to the email list for Mail Call.  Thanks.

 

 

Sincerely,

 

Judith Eugene

daughter of Donald Eugene

517th

Headquarters Company

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Dick Havill

 

 Ben: A few more recollections for H. Hensleigh. Before we got in
position to attack the town
    we passed through a line of soldiers, I asked one of them what outfit
they were in, and he said
    they were in the 82nd airborne. I understand the Artillery said they
had Manhay zeroed right in
    and we could get real close. ( we were too close }. I wouldn't get up
after the second barrage
    but when I heard Sgt. Carpenter cussing at us to get up and follow him,
I thought if he is crazy
    enough to go in, I guess I will go along with him. Flave Carpenter was
a regular army man from
    Arkadelphia Arkansas, He received a Battlefield commission and retired
after the war. I first met
    him at camp mackall , he got us out in the mornings for roll call. I
don't recall ever hearing why
    got his commission, but he sure deserved one for that
night.
                                   Dick Havill Pfc I company

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