William Herwig

“I didn't want to be drafted into the Army, so when the person signing me up offered a chance to go into the Navy, I signed up on the spot. My time was good except for being wounded by an American ship off the coast of Borneo. I was a gunner on board a cargo ship and an American plane came in skip bombing and that's when I was hit. It was on the same day that FDR passed away.”