American Valor Quarterly Issue 6 - Spring/Summer 2009 | Page 19

back to see how the men were doing. I heard my name called and I looked back to see Dale Heap about half way across the pond. Dale was the gunner on one of the machine guns. He was holding his one arm above his head and pointing his gun tripod at it. He was saying, “Stateside! Stateside! See! I didn’t drop the tripod either!” Always the comedian, he was act Յ