 We came to the conclusion that sooner or later we'll be in the war, we'll be soldiers fighting the war. My name is Anthony H. Grant. Major U.S. Army retired. I was born in New York, New York City. I was drafted into the Army from New York City on April 22, 1942. That was less than six months after the Japanese born Pearl Harbor. My first assignment was as a company clerk. The quartermaster was a principal supplier of all supplies and equipment for the troops. Now the first year of the war in Europe, the Germans are almost occupied, France and low countries. The Germans were in direct attack on the British. The most memorable thing to me about the war, the scene in Normandy, Normandy Beach. But my most memorable thing on that beach is the complete and total destruction. I would say for an area of about three miles, an area of about three miles, they would destroy tanks. They would destroy, you see, helmets all over the place, destroyed trucks, destroyed armored vehicles, sunken ships, and general debris and complete material destruction throughout that whole three mile area. So that was the most impression in my mind about the whole war, the whole war effort, yes. The French people, as we rested in the center of the town, they were so happy and pleased to see the soldiers. They would bring us wine, wine bottles. They would bring us wine and pour wine. So we would pull out our canteen and they would pour wine into our canteen. And of course we could only consume just a small amount because, as you know, we had our mission. We were just resting for a few hours, then we had to proceed. I came to Korea about one year before the war ended in Korea. I would say from about the middle of 1952, the Nazis were in defense. They were retreating, retreating more than. Of course that didn't mean that normal fighting wasn't still going on. All the hills around Daegu, this area was a very heavy fighting area. All the hills around here, they were all occupied by combat troops. I was principally in support of the units, you know, but I knew of all the organizations around. As I said, there were what you call the United Nations troops. The foreign troops were mostly combat troops, combat and artillery, all the foreign troops. And then it was the mission of the US Army to support them with all the surprising equipment that they needed. So you can see that was quite a job. I took great pride in our accomplishment in that although my unit, we were not combat units, we were combat support, combat support. And we provided the trucks that carried troops, like from one area to another. We provided trucks to carry their cargo, their equipment, their heavy tanks and other material that they needed to use in combat. I believe my 20 years in the Army was very helpful. In life, whether in the military or in civilian life, there will be change. In my 99 years of life, I've encountered many, many, many changes. And then when the change occurred, as I said before, you determine what it is, you evaluate the change and you accept the change and you do the best that you can. I'd highly recommend the military. I was most grateful for my time in the service.