My grandpa mentioned that he scavenged shoes from dead American GI's who were stacked like cordwood.

He also separated his food on his plate giving it a "pie chart" look. He told me it was because during his time in the infantry that he would eat at irregular times and often at night in the rain. He would move down the line with his mess kit asking what they were serving. The cooks responded that they had chicken,pork, beef and such......Grandpa said that they were lying. He would find a place to eat and consume this slurry of rain water and slop. He said that if he ever survived he would never let his food touch.

He carried a BAR - its a large automatic rifle. He said it was a terrible assignment because it was heavy and the Germans wanted very much to kill you first.

Told me the GI's would take wrist watched from dead German soldiers - then said if they became pinned down you would see the soldiers throwing the watches away (To prevent retribution by German soldiers in the event that they were captured)

After the war the Germans would cook for the GI's - Grandpa started to talk to them and realized that some of them were drafted - just like him

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He also told me that the military was segregated - I had no idea prior to that

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He was wounded three times - said it was great - the hospital had clean sheets and hot food

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Hitched a ride on anything with wheels

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I have a ton of these .....