Charles Hagan, Theriot:

*picking up on the story of Hagan and Haas trying to get a plaque made in their battery’s honor for their action on D-Day*

(Official records saying one thing as the men knew another from their interviewed story)
-While in reality they had landed earlier on the beach and this was because the headquarters of the battalion landed around 9:30 AM and they filled out the action reports
-They listed the first units as coming in at around 9 AM; when the enemy gun had been knocked out well before then—big controversy

-Goes on to talk about different reunions and things he learned later about those he met during his time in the Army; mentions a few experiences and men he met while traveling after Bastogne

(13:50) End of the War
-Wound up in Czechoslovakia before going through Munich, Germany for occupation
-It was there that Hagan was told he had 79 points and could go home but the machine gun guy left so Hagan needed to take over it—still cut hair too

“I had a unique experience. I cut hair all over the States, I cut hair on the Atlantic Ocean, I cut hair in England, I cut hair in France, I cut it in Belgium, I cut hair in Holland, I cut hair in Luxemburg, I cut hair in Germany, I cut hair in Czechoslovakia. It didn’t make me a better barber but gave me a lot of experience. I carried my tools with me everywhere I went.”

-Looking at photos in books Theriot had, some which show Hagan cutting hair; some of Hagan’s personal photos; awards given; an article Hagan wrote

(20:42) slowly cuts off into silence

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Haas had to get all of his actions verified through the war department to allow this. They had to go through the history to document what was done. He got the report and took that to the War Monuments Commission and they approved it. It was controversial because the records show that we our outfit landed at 9:00 a.m. on D-Day. Actually, headquarters of the battalion landed around 9:30 a.m., so when they filled out the action reports, they listed the first units as coming in at around 9:00 a.m. Well, that enemy gun had been knocked out well before 9:00 a.m.

We started getting reports in the next day about the invasion.

I had a unique experience. I cut hair all over the States, I cut hair on the Atlantic Ocean, I cut hair in England, I cut hair in France, I cut it in Belgium, I cut hair in Holland, I cut hair in Luxemburg, I cut hair in Germany, I cut hair in Czechoslovakia. It didn’t make me a better barber and I gave me a lot of experience. I carried by tools with me every where I went.