WEBVTT 00:00.689 --> 00:01.860 December 7 , 00:03.359 --> 00:05.090 1941 00:07.230 --> 00:09.949 a date which will live in 00:10.020 --> 00:13.489 Infamy . That's Sunday . When I heard 00:13.500 --> 00:17.489 President Roosevelt's famous day of 00:17.500 --> 00:21.239 infamy talk and I knew then 00:21.250 --> 00:25.200 what I wanted to do just like that . 00:25.670 --> 00:28.760 I graduated from Saint Luke's Hospital 00:29.260 --> 00:32.750 in 42 . Went into the service , 00:32.759 --> 00:36.630 February 1st of 43 my 00:36.639 --> 00:39.080 parents were Jewish . My name , single 00:39.090 --> 00:41.439 name was Goldberg . When the war broke 00:41.450 --> 00:43.939 out , I decided that I just had to go 00:43.950 --> 00:47.700 there , go over to Europe because that 00:47.709 --> 00:50.560 was what I was trained for . I just 00:50.569 --> 00:53.119 couldn't sit and be idle while all this 00:53.130 --> 00:54.080 stuff went on . 01:06.160 --> 01:08.930 So when our trading was over , we got 01:08.940 --> 01:11.589 on hold and we started across the 01:11.599 --> 01:13.655 United and you know , at that time , 01:13.655 --> 01:16.839 Hitler was taking over all Europe 01:17.809 --> 01:20.142 and there were boats all over the place . 01:21.150 --> 01:25.029 So we were in Conway . It took us 17 01:25.040 --> 01:28.849 days to cross the Atlantic . We landed 01:28.860 --> 01:32.860 on uh Utah Beach the 22nd 01:32.870 --> 01:36.639 of June . We went over 01:36.650 --> 01:40.279 19 days after the day after our 01:40.290 --> 01:43.949 troops landed in France . That's where 01:43.959 --> 01:46.870 we started picking up patients . That's 01:46.879 --> 01:50.099 where we saw so many of our landed 01:50.110 --> 01:53.129 craft go in to try to get sure we were 01:53.139 --> 01:55.150 killed . It was terrible . 01:56.599 --> 02:00.419 On our first day , we admitted 02:00.430 --> 02:03.839 525 patients 02:04.239 --> 02:07.099 into a 400 bed hospital . 02:08.360 --> 02:11.690 The casualties were on letters laying 02:11.699 --> 02:15.360 all over the place on the ground . You 02:15.369 --> 02:18.169 know , it , it was 02:19.690 --> 02:23.550 unbelievable what we managed . 02:24.289 --> 02:28.050 So that's when we started flying back 02:28.059 --> 02:30.170 and forth from the station hospital , 02:30.170 --> 02:32.170 taking patients back to the station 02:32.170 --> 02:35.770 hospitals . Finally , 02:35.779 --> 02:39.210 General Patton broke through the 02:39.220 --> 02:42.210 defenses around our branch as 02:42.880 --> 02:45.860 and it broke through the German lines . 02:46.250 --> 02:48.417 After that , there was no stopping the 02:48.417 --> 02:51.940 man . He just kept on going . 02:53.270 --> 02:55.270 When the war was over in Europe . I 02:55.270 --> 02:58.539 went to Marseille , I was waiting to go 02:58.550 --> 03:00.369 over to the Pacific 03:01.970 --> 03:05.830 when um the atomic bomb was dropped 03:07.029 --> 03:10.520 in Hiroshima like a so and 03:12.199 --> 03:15.919 OK , so that's when we play , we became 03:15.929 --> 03:16.929 involved . 03:19.699 --> 03:21.440 And uh so 03:23.649 --> 03:26.169 I'd like to tell you that the things 03:26.179 --> 03:30.110 that uh I will never forget 03:31.300 --> 03:34.389 the total destruction of whole towns , 03:34.669 --> 03:37.360 nothing left but a pile of rubble , 03:39.580 --> 03:43.360 the stench of running flesh , human . 03:43.369 --> 03:46.350 And otherwise then there's the wound 03:46.360 --> 03:49.910 that they lay all about on the ground , 03:49.919 --> 03:52.210 waiting for their turn in surgery , 03:52.759 --> 03:55.539 giving a plasma transfusion for the 03:55.550 --> 03:59.509 first time by flashlight and having to 03:59.520 --> 04:03.160 kneel to study your shaking legs . You 04:03.169 --> 04:05.660 do anything to keep the wounded from 04:05.669 --> 04:08.350 knowing . You are scared to you do your 04:08.360 --> 04:10.869 very best , but you feel it isn't good 04:10.880 --> 04:13.630 enough . These young men were so 04:13.639 --> 04:14.389 amazing 04:17.690 --> 04:21.390 and so many of them came home 04:21.399 --> 04:24.339 with such tremendous wounds . It was 04:24.350 --> 04:26.489 just heartbreaking 04:28.829 --> 04:32.470 to see what it happened . 04:32.609 --> 04:36.000 The 34th evacuation hospital was a 04:36.010 --> 04:39.359 diversified group of people that got 04:39.369 --> 04:41.959 together . We learned to love and 04:41.970 --> 04:44.940 respect each other . I think we did , 04:44.950 --> 04:48.799 did do something towards the war effort . 04:49.989 --> 04:53.500 We don't want any honors for doing it , 04:54.200 --> 04:55.640 but we took care of 04:55.649 --> 04:58.630 21,000 04:58.670 --> 05:01.440 heroes in that length of time .