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Show HARRY A. MOYER ovember 22 2002 the hell, I was worried about those going back behind me so you have to clear your butt all the time. I'm sure he got him through. There's a lot of ground confirmation of those kills, too. BEN: Especially with all of the movement on the ground, and that sort of thing. How do those confirmations come up, I mean, are they debriefed, do they pass it down the wire, or are you actively asking it and then they report back? HAR: I don't know. We're debriefed ourselves. We would go up- because we were so close behind the lines, so to speak - we would go up and talk to the guys that we had been on a mission with the day before, or the day before, or the day before that and talk to the guys in the line: "Oh, you remember that mission that such-and-such." "Oh yeah, you guys did a good job," and all that sort of stuff. And you'd talk to them, and they'd say, "Oh Jesus! I hate your job, I'd do your job for nothing!" I'd say, "Well, I'd never get down in your foxhole either!" BEN: What was their thinking, what was their rationale behind not wanting to ... HAR: Well, they felt safe in their little area, you know, that's how it was. Because they saw all the crap that we got through, the flack and all that sort of stuff. BEN: So your first confirmed, is that a big thing, or is that just a normal day? Is it exciting, is there anything that's done for it? HAR: Well, no. We were pretty active in the air at that time, knocking these guys down regularly, so everyone wanted to have the opportunity. That's what they were there for, you know. But yeah, it was a big thing! "You got one, Harry!" Or something like that. 67 |
