Warriors In Their Own Words | First Person War Stories
Jun 4, 2026 · 58 min · 14 segments
1994 was the 50th anniversary of D-Day. Throughout that year, The Honor Project sat down with dozens of veterans off the Normandy Invasion to hear their stories and to put these Heroes of Our Nation…
O.B. HillGuestCo-Host InterviewerHostInterview HostHostDuring that period, what was your rank, uh, during the D-Day discussion?
First of all, we're gonna talk about what, uh, your arrival to England and, uh, getting ready for this invasion.
Then we went to England, uh, through Scotland and rode the train down to Nottingham, England, and, uh, arrived there in the dead of the night, midnight.
Uh, and we were loaded into trucks and buses and taken to Wollaton Park, which was a very, very nice section of Nottingham.
When, when was this? What time of year?
And you'd finished your, uh, airborne training by then in the United States and-
And, uh, from there I stayed at Fort Benning and went through communication school and, uh, the first class of advanced communication school and then went through demolition school at Fort Benning.
And, uh, then I was put, uh, aside until the first battalion of the 508 finished jump school, and I was transferred then to the 508.
What did you think England was gonna be like? Did you have any anticipation? Any thoughts?
[laughs] That's, uh, it wasn't, uh, all joy, but, uh, I did have the opportunity to go.
What was the troop transport like? Describe that for me, getting across there.
During that period, what was your rank, uh, during the D-Day discussion?
First of all, we're gonna talk about what, uh, your arrival to England and, uh, getting ready for this invasion.
Then we went to England, uh, through Scotland and rode the train down to Nottingham, England, and, uh, arrived there in the dead of the night, midnight.
Uh, and we were loaded into trucks and buses and taken to Wollaton Park, which was a very, very nice section of Nottingham.
When, when was this? What time of year?
And you'd finished your, uh, airborne training by then in the United States and-
And, uh, from there I stayed at Fort Benning and went through communication school and, uh, the first class of advanced communication school and then went through demolition school at Fort Benning.
And, uh, then I was put, uh, aside until the first battalion of the 508 finished jump school, and I was transferred then to the 508.
What did you think England was gonna be like? Did you have any anticipation? Any thoughts?
[laughs] That's, uh, it wasn't, uh, all joy, but, uh, I did have the opportunity to go.
What was the troop transport like? Describe that for me, getting across there.
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