Served for two years

I interviewed Keith Barrett for my report on World War Two. Mr. Barrett shared some very interesting stories with me and I will tell you about them in my own words. 

He was recruited at the age of 19.  Mr. Keith Barrett was a technical sergeant and he was on the front line.  When Mr. Barrett was in the war he was all over the Pacific in places like Australia and the Philippines and in the jungles.  In the war Mr. Barrett got malaria and he was wounded by a piece of scrap metal. 

Mr. Barrett's scariest experience was when him and a buddy of his was in the P.O. and in a fox  hole and then the Japanese started to shell them . His buddy next to him was hit with a direct hit and it blew body parts all over the place, one of his legs fell into Mr. Barrett's fox hole.  He also told me that he did shoot people in the war. War means to kill or to be killed   Also in the war you use the buddy system.  

When Mr. Barrett was on the front line he shot a 240 Howitzer that shot 10 inch shells, and weighed about 350 pounds, and shot about 28-29 miles.  Mr. Barrett shot a Japanese tank about 25 miles away. 

Mr. Barrett had a spider monkey that lost its mother in a shelling.  The monkey went everywhere that Mr. Barrett went even if they had to sleep on the ground or go on the front line with him.  Mr. Keith Barrett had the monkey for about one year. He was in the war for about two years.

He also told me that in New Guinea they still had camels and the women didn't wear anything above the waist.  He went from Australia to the islands.  When Mr. Barrett was in the war his wife sent him a package every month of goodies from home and in the two years he was in the war he only received two packages. 

That is all that Mr. Barrett shared with me.  The most interesting thing I thought was the spider monkey that stayed with him for one year.  I enjoyed having the opportunity to interview Mr. Keith Barrett.