A Company 382nd Infantry 96th Division MOH Medal of Honor PVT Ova A. Kelley Story told by Sgt Webb.

Описание: This video is 2 interviews I did with Harvey Webb the 1st is a video recording that I made of him in May 2019. The 2nd is an audio recording I made of him in January 2020 for the great niece of PFC Max Maximilian Scherzer. Harvey Webb talked about Max’s roll in 4th Platoon and everything he remembered about max the recording that we sent to Scherzer niece was 38 minutes long.

Private First Class #Max #Maximilian #Scherzer 32975722 was born in #Vienna #Austria on September 3, 1922, the son of Eva Scherzer of 1040 Eastern Parkway #Brooklyn #NewYork. He emigrated to the united states on July 30, 1939 aboard the #SSLaconia to escape Nazism due to being #Jewish. He entered the US Army on June 28, 1943 in #NewYorkCity, at the age of 20. At the time of his enlistment he was 5 foot 11 inches 156 pounds, he had Blue Eyes and Brown hair. He became a US Citizen on November 24th, 1943. PFC Scherzer served in 4th Platoon, #CompanyA, #382ndInfantryRegiment, #96thInfantryDivision. Less than an hour after #PFC #Ova A. #Kelley, had earned his #MedalofHonor. PFC Scherzer was put in charge of watching over PFC Ova A. Kelley and Staff Sgt #John W. #Garlington. When Company A, was ordered to #withdraw from their position were supposed to be filled by the #38thInfantryDivision, which never happened. Several hours later that evening a squad of Japanese soldiers came to make sure that the Americans were dead. PFC Max Scherzer was killed by a sniper while standing guard over the wounded. PVT Ova A. Kelley was Killed by a Sniper. SSgt Garlington who had been wounded in the right thigh from a #mortar shell from the fighting for the #BuriAirField. When the Japanese squad came to make sure that the Americans were dead. S/Sgt Garlington who was socked in his own blood played dead in the bottom of the foxhole under Kelley’s and Scherzer’s #bodies the Japanese soldiers being stabbed their bayonets, into the bodies, S/Sgt Garlington #playeddead for about an hour after the Japanese soldiers were gone and crawled about 2 miles to the #fieldHospital. Private First Class Max Maximilian Scherzer 32915722 , was Killed in Action on December 9, 1944, at the age of 22. PFC Scherzer awarded the Purple Heart Medal (PHM), The Combat Infantry Badge (CIB), Pacific Theater of Operations Medal (PTO), The American theater of operations Medal, The World War Two Victory Medal.
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