21) Lessons of war forever change the perspective of the generation acutely affected, but are difficult (if not impossible) to transmit to future generations. Perhaps the ancient Greek philosopher who said, 'Only the dead have seen the end of war.' was right. But that is a premise that all mankind should try to prove to be false; otherwise those whose names were listed as K.I.A. on 'Morning Reports' would have died in vain, and tyranny would reign supreme over the entire world. 22) According to the noted WWII historian, Stephen E. Ambrose, there is only one documented case of a GI ever walking across to the enemy line to voluntarily surrender. Yet, opposing forces gave up in droves in the final bitter campaigns. 23) Shortly after the celebration of VE Day (Victory in Europe), May 6, 1945, troops started to retool and retrain for the war in the Pacific Theater of Operations. Incredibly, infantry veterans who had fought in the sands of North Africa, climbed the Italian Alps, scaled the cliffs of Normandy, and breached the German Siegfried Line were now expected to fight on the other side of the world. They accepted this as another call to duty. Therein lays a measure of their deep, deep commitment to a cause. 24) Veterans of WWII, almost to the man, given the same circumstances and time in history, in all probability, would have answered their country's call once again. 25) The most profound observations about war will never be known. This lost prose or poetry will remain forever unspoken on the silent lips of those who died in battle. Don S. Brimhall Don reached the rank of major in the Army during WWII and served in the Second Armored Division. As a reservist, he also served during the Korean War. A. Lynn Brower A. Lynn Brower served with the Army in China. His honors include a Victory Medal, Asiatic Pacific Ribbon, Two Overseas Bars and a Good Conduct Medal. Darrell Z. Brown Darrell Z. Brown writes: Our first child was 20 days old when I left for active duty. I did not see her again for two years. I served primarily with the 127th General Hospital in the European Theater. When the war there ended, I was shipped to the war in the Pacific. While I was still on the Atlantic Ocean, the Atomic bomb brought a sudden end to that war. Our ship was ordered to dock in New York. He received the following honors: American Theater Service Ribbon, European African Middle Eastern Service Ribbon, and a Good Conduct Medal. Richard Spencer Burrows - KIA Lieutenant Richard Spencer Burrows is believed to be the first American soldier to cross the border into Germany in World War II. Press reports in the Ogden Standard-Examiner of September 14, 1944, recount the invasion of Germany the day before, and show a photo of his widow holding a portrait of the slain soldier. Richard led a tank reconnaissance company across the border on September 12. His family was informed several weeks later that he had been killed by a sniper on September 13. Richard Spencer Burrows was 32 when he enlisted in the Army in November of 1942. He attended Weber College in the late 1920s, and because he had a college education was commissioned a second lieutenant in July of 1943 at Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland and promoted to first lieutenant in a battlefield promotion 80 in France. He was a member of the 33rd Regiment, 3rd Armored Division of the First Army. He was wounded during the French campaign in July of 1944, but remained for the German invasion. He was awarded the Purple Heart and the Silver Star. He is buried in the Henri-Chapelle military cemetery in Belgium. Lieutenant Spencer is survived by his widow, Melba Maxine Burrows daughters, Patricia Ann Burrows (now Larson). Pat was a fifth grader at Pingree Elementary when her father was killed. Submitted by Vance Pace Lewis Call Lewis attended Weber from 1940-1941. He served in the Army from 14 June 1944-May 1946 and was overseas in the Philippines. As a member of the 'Bushmasters' 158 Regimental Combat Team, he was wounded on March 6, 1945, on the Bataan Peninsula, Luzon, Philippines. He received a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart. He was discharged as a master sergeant. Ralph Call Ralph Call worked in a hospital unit when he served in the 82nd Airborne Division in the Army. He was in the 517th Paratroopers unit. After WWII, he was in the reserves and retired in 1996. Frank B. Carruth_ On August 10, 1942, I was inducted into the United States Army at Fort Douglas, Utah. My basic training was at Camp Wolters, Texas. From there I went to California to be assigned to the 35th Infantry Division. I remember the train ride from Camp Wolters to Ojai as we arrived there on Christmas Day of 1942. Our last meal on the train was a dish of peaches. As it was late by the time we arrived at the new camp, all the mess halls were closed. I was in the 35th Infantry until December of 1943 when I was assigned to the University at Syracuse in New York for engineering school. After three months, I was transferred to the University of Illinois where I spent three more months. After those three months, the Army disbanded the program, and I was sent to Camp Carson in Colorado to join the 104th (Timberwolf) Division. After training there, we were sent to Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, where we waited for orders to ship out to Europe. One amusing incident at Camp Carson was the day I was riding with my commanding officer and two new recruits came walking in the opposite direction. Each one gave my officer a salute. The funny part was one of the new recruits used his right arm and the other used his left arm. We left Kilmer for overseas. We arrived on the 27th of August at Cherbourg, France. We were the first troops to arrive directly in France. Others before landed in England and had to be shipped over to Europe. After several days of living in pup tents in beet fields and mud, we were shipped to Belgium where we started 195 consecutive days of combat. The first night of being on the front lines was scary. One of the men in the unit listed it as, and I quote, 'As night came on we were told to stay where we were unless called to do differently.' It was very cold and a thin mist covered the ground. The absence of the moon limited vision to a few feet so you couldn't see the man in the hole next to you. For a few hours after dark, the silence was so heavy it was stifling. Suddenly a shot rang out to the right, then another. Was a patrol coming near or was it a trigger-happy GI shooting at shadows? Later there was machine gun fire and about 4 a.m., a bomb exploded about 500 feet to our right. Was it theirs or ours? When morning came, we found out it was just GIs in their nervousness. From there, we were engaged in battle through many cities and over rivers in Belgium, Holland, and finally in Germany. Some of the larger ones were Cologne, Halle, Stolberg, Aachen, Duren, Remagen, where we crossed the Rhine. We finally met up with the Russians at Delitzsch near Leipzig when the war ended. During the last weeks of the war, we saw many truck loads of German prisoners being sent back to prison camps in France. VE Day, 9 May 1945, came with much happiness in our units. Comments from one war weary soldier - 'Now it is over, we can get back to our regular life.' This was not quite so as orders were sent that the 104th Infantry would be sent back to the States for furloughs, then after some amphibious training, would be on their way to the Pacific. This didn't turn out that way as Japan surrendered while the 104th Infantry Division was in training in San Louis Obispo, California. The motto of the 104th: 'Nothing In Hell Can Stop The Timberwolves.' Nothing did. 81