The Long Tom voice... Note the smoke that has a skull-shape... a sign? Nettuno area, 1944. DVX

The voice of death

My father, Virgil Simpson, was a cannoneer, then the gunner, on this antiaircraft weapon.
The cannoneers changed out the ammo cans for the 4 guns, whenever they became empty. 
Before Larry Kreeger took over command of this weapon, Don Trites was in charge. Don told me, in a letter, that he liked for my father to be the gunner, because Virgil remained calm and collected under fire.

Virgil On The Quad 50; Europe, Circa 1944

Crewman with an American anti-tank gun watch for attacking German tanks near Sidi bou Zid, February 14, 1943, in the early hours of the Axis counteroffensive that led to Kasserine Pass.
