Ira Gilliand recalls his night on the...

Ira Gilliand recalls his night on the ridge. I agree with him because he is emotional.  -kelsea placey 3/2/10 2:06 PM 

It's tough to talk about this stuff.in my opinion memories of a war is nothing anybody is or should be proud about. its more something that you try to forget and leave behind, because its something really bad. -kelsea placey 3/2/10 2:06 PM  It's been fifty-eight years. It gives me the chills thinking about it.in my opinion memories of a war is nothing anybody is or should be proud about. its more something that you try to forget and leave behind, because its something really bad. -kelsea placey 3/2/10 2:07 PM 

The Japanese were trying to outflank usFrom my view of point if something happend with me and with my country then also i would be scared for this kind of situaion. -kelsea placey 3/2/10 2:07 PM  and looked like they were going to overrun our position. I remember their screams. They screamed a lot,screams are something which burn into your memory forever. especially if screams are the only thing keeping you from falling asleep, later you are only remembering their screams -kelsea placey 3/2/10 2:08 PM  especially when they were charging. It made you alert in a hurry even after being up for two days and you're ready to fall asleep.I will say it was emotionally challenge for american soldier to face their screaming which was blood colding,ifI was that kind of situation against teir screaming obiously it was going to scary for me.-kelsea placey 3/2/10 2:09 PM 

They kept charging, but that's where the grenades came in. We threw grenades all night long. I remember rolling the grenades down. We were up on the hill and they were below us. They kept feeding us boxes of grenades. I remember the sound of Plante's BAR. He kept it going all night long. A lot of guys spent a terrible night out there. In a war time it's a common story for soldiers. -kelsea placey 3/2/10 2:11 PM 

The 1st Parachute Battalion was with us. I remember one of the paratroopers got shot. The corpsman came over because of his cry for help, and he [the corpsman] got shot right through the heart.His name was Smith, so when I saw Smith go down, I grabbed him and carried him down the hill. I didn't think he was going to die. When I got him down to the first aid station, I saw one of our doctors cry.  We all know that doctor's are strong mentality compossed human but at those time even doctor's were emotionally broke up. -kelsea placey 3/2/10 2:12 PM  [chokes up] Old Smitty was my friend, a real nice guy, and I broke down also.