and all i could think of was, merry christmas, boys. >> i'm john shaw. i fought as a buck private with the 86th infantry division during world war ii. it was cold. i remember trying to get a drink from my canteen, which was frozen solid. we started out through the woods crouching and moving forward. then someone yelled fire and shout. so we started firing and shouting. and the traces went through the woods. we moved on. in a hysterical way getting more and more excited as we moved forward and heard more noise and were firing. we went perhaps 20 feet or 25 feet, and all of a sudden there was that terrible noise that a person hates to hear, the little pop of a flare. and it was a german flare. and it lit up the woods. there we were and there they were. the germans opened up with machine gunfire. i know i had a kind of sinking feeling that this was it. this was the first real fighting that our company had been in. where we were playing with the big boys and we knew that this was for keeps and all of us were terrified. these machine gun bullets were firing a

. >> my name is john shaw. it was excruciatingly cold and i remember trying to get a drink for my canteen, which was frozen solid. we started out in the woods, crouching and moving forward. someone yelled fire. we started firing and shouting. we moved on in an hysterical way, getting more and more excited as we moved forward. we went to defeat, 25 -- 20 feet, 25 feet, and there was that terrible noise of person hates to hear. the little pop of a flare. it was a german flare and it lit up the whole woods. the germans opened up with machine gun fire. i know i had a sinking feeling that this was it. this was the first real fighting our company had been in. we were playing with the big boys and we knew this was for keeps and all of us were terrified. these machine gun bullets were firing a few feet off the ground and occasionally, they would get down and then you would hear -- dip down and then you would hear somebody screaming. they sprayed us like a garden hose. more flares went up and the tanks opened up directl

my name is john shaw. i was with the 84th infantry division as a buck private during world war ii. i was one of these astp boys, 3,000, shipped down to the 84th division in april before we went overseas, 1944, and we were trained hard and sent overseas in september and were in england for a while and then caught the red ball express. then before we knew it we were right on the edge of the line ready to go into combat. and we were, all of us, kind of wondering what things were going to be like. we can see the shells going off, we could hear them. and we were all sort of nervous, but i don't think anyone was really fully conscious and aware of what was going to happen. >> the men of the 84th division had managed to penetrate the enemy lines a few hundred yards east of the dutch frontier. but the siegfried line barred the way to further advance. this traps and boxes had become a shield behind which weary german troops now assembled. general siegfried westphal chief of staff to von rimstadt had had to say. >> translator: it was essential for the german high command in the west to gain

shaw will be charged with participation in a conspiracy to murder john f. kennedy. >> clay shaw was a very respected business man in new orleans. he had served in world war ii. >> clay shaw was also a homosexual and closeted, and i think that played a part. >> garrison started bribing witnesses, intimidating witnesses. >> he said i could be made to serve this whole nine-year sentence. or i could be cut loose right away. >> hypnotizing witnesses. >> we decided to give him objectifying to make sure he was telling the truth. >> does he have a last name? >> oswald. >> would you say these methods were illegal? >> i would very say illegal and unethical. >> he had everyone and their grandmother involved in the assassination. at one time, it was oil millionaires. then it was the minutemen. then it was a homosexual killing. >> yes, sir. >> do you feel that homosexuality or the coercion of homosexuality was a factor in the planning or the assassination of john f. kennedy? >> no comment. >> at one point, he had 15 assassins in dealey plaza. with that many assassins, i

john chen very confident. volume in the presales very good so far. liz: we'll see. i kind of like that. >> i know. fun to hold, right? and thin and light. >> jo ling kent, got the first view of it. appreciate it, jo. another busy news day on fbn. here is a look back at chairman and ceo of oil and gas producer wnt offshore with his oil price predictions. >> how long do these cycles typically last from your standpoint? >> last time that we had this cycle, we saw prices drop from you know, 145 to $35 and quickly went back to $55 and then to $70. then started to march up over a long period of time and stayed around 90 to $100 a barrel for quite some time. that upwards cycle can last for years of the downward cycle lasts for a few month but the upward climb can last for years. >> my interest in cuba is not economic. my interest in cuba is democracy and freedom. let the free cuban people choose what democratic, what economic model they want to follow. nothing the president has done here will advance the cause. on the contrary i think it will set the back. what they have d