Also App....like you said, a lot of good stories come from those that never saw action. On my Dads honor flight last year, a army airplane mechanic had me rolling! He never saw action outside of the hangar.....that's when another mechanic accidentally hit the trigger on one of the fighters guns and sprayed a line of fire just a few feet from him.

One of the better stories was another of my dads friends from Jonesboro. He carried a nasty scar on his jaw/neck from action. He was actually attempting to take a German prisoner, when the German shot him. They rushed a medic to him, and they were all puzzled by the wound. They only found an exit wound.....no entry wound. Turns out, he was yelling at the German to surrender when the guy turned and fired. The bullet went through his open mouth, and out the back of the mouth under the ear. :) It was definitely not his time to go. He also had a limp from a mortar going off near him, and couldn't hear very well at all. He was a great person and fun to listen to.