Soldier Was Buried Alive and Dug Himself Out With His Hands | Military History Talks

France, 1944. Private Thomas Welch was in a foxhole when a German artillery shell collapsed the ground above him. He was buried under two feet of soil. No one saw it happen. It was dark. He had no shovel. He began to dig with his bare hands. Slowly. Fighting panic. Fighting the weight pressing on his chest. It took forty minutes. When his hand broke the surface, a passing soldier heard his voice and pulled him out. Welch asked for his rifle. Cleaned it. Went back to his position. He never filed an incident report. His sergeant found out six years after the war from another soldier who had been there. Welch shrugged and said — 'Seemed like the thing to do.

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