Oral History Interviews with John Plath Green, 1974 Page: 33
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of the infantry, and the infantry would walk toward
our curtain of fire. Then it was expected that our
curtain of fire would continue to move forward toward
the Japanese at the same pace the infantrymen were
moving.
Now the H-Hour came and went, and suddenly there
came a message from the task force commander saying,
"Captain Green, your fires are not moving. What's
the matter?" So I went racing down to the forward
observer and found that the forward observer was
shell-shocked. So I had to release him and then take
over his . . . take his place. I found out that he
had not even set up the radio. He had not set up
wire. He had no communication with our firing batteries
at all, so I could not tell them to cease fire.
So I happened to notice that the Army had prepared
for Plan B, Plan C, in case of something like that.
They had little boats out in the Sulu Sea. So I saw
one of these little boats come by, and I went running
out into the water and waving my hands. He came up
as close to me and I said, "Cease fire! Cease fire!
Cease fire!" So he called, "Cease fire" on his radio
back to our battery. Then he and I--he got out of his
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Marcello, Ronald E. & Green, John Plath. Oral History Interviews with John Plath Green, 1974, book, {1976-02-06,1976-03-01}; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1944578/m1/34/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Oral History Program.