He used to scavage parts to make generators to supply his company electricity. He would tell everyone what size bulb they could use so they wouldn't overload the system. Of course they had a smart ass lutenant that put in a hundred watt bulb because he wanted, this would always blow the breakers. When dad finally found the bad bulb he march into the guys tent and smashed the bulb, told the guy if ever did it again dad would make sure he wouldn't get any electricity. End of problem! He was in a fox hole once when a luey threw a match in on him, dad jumped out, stuck his rifle in the guys gut and told him. Next time you try to kill me again I will kill you first....guy looked surprised. Dad said gas tends to acqumilate in the bottom of fox holes and you were trying to burn me to death. He got an apology and a promise that it wouldn't happen again. He was once hunting generator parts, was stopped by M.P.'s. They told him he couldn't go into that town as it was still occupied by the Germans.
He made deals with the locals for eggs and milk and made five gallons of ice cream, then found out that all but three guys were given leave that night...they had to sleep with four blankets on the bed and still froze. His helmet fries sounded interesting. He bent the visor over and sharpened it so he could just scrap the potato over it and it would peal it off and into the cooking grease in the helmet.
Fighting in the mud, his rifle got jammed and blew up, took off some fingers that they put back on. This is when he met Jimmy Cagney the actor. In his life he had nine finger blown off or chopped off and put back on, one he just put in place put bag balm on it and bandaged it as he couldn't get to a Dr.
