The French Battlefront

I became a driver to pick up dead bodies
My main job
At first, it's kinda hard but after a while
Somehow I get used to it, a dead body on a stretcher

One time I knew the guy, that was hard
Tommy, he was a sergeant, machine gun section leader
Not on my section but the next section
And we trained for one year

So I sat next to him, uh, just the whole night
I'd remember sleeping, I sat on my helmet
That's what we, we all had helmets
That was a good, great, you know, support

We sat on, I sat on it and I saw Tommy lying in front of me
In his uniform and very much at peace, asleep
And uh, he was so clean, I mean
His uniform, I remember there's no blood or anything

Yeah, uh, it is, uh, I guess I'm really sad, the loss
He was a good guy, I mean, decent, good guy

In September 1944, the 100th 442nd regimental combat team
Was ordered to go from Italy to the French battle front
In October 1944, the French town of Bruyères long occupied by the Germans
Was finally liberated by the 100th 442nd but at a tremendous cost
To celebrate the 65th anniversary of the liberation veterans
Of the 100th 442nd revisited their former battle grounds