
Vets Remember: Bob Conroy
Clip: Season 7 | 3m 42s
Bob Conroy describes his experience of the battle in two clips.
Bob Conroy, a Private in the 83rd Infantry during the Battle of the Bulge, describes his experience of the battle in two clips. In the first, he remembers the sound of bullets from German machine gun, and in the second recounts the death of a comrade named Gordon.
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Vets Remember: Bob Conroy
Clip: Season 7 | 3m 42s
Bob Conroy, a Private in the 83rd Infantry during the Battle of the Bulge, describes his experience of the battle in two clips. In the first, he remembers the sound of bullets from German machine gun, and in the second recounts the death of a comrade named Gordon.
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