福克斯新闻 纪念"龙骑兵行动"75周年(1)（在线收听）

So, this week marks the 75th anniversary of Operation Dragoon often called the forgotten invasion of World War II. The mission was intended to coincide with D-Day but it got delayed due to lack of resources. About two months later, 350,000 French and American troops landed on the French Riviera, ultimately joining forces with Operation Overlord and helping to liberate most of Southern France in only four weeks. My next guest was part of that mission, flying into Nazi occupied land in a daring daylight jump in August of 1944. And he has an incredible story about making it out alive. World War II paratrooper Roland Barhyte joins me now. He also served in the Battle of the Bulge as a member of the 551st parachute infantry battalion. Roland, thank you for being here with me tonight.

这周是“龙骑兵行动”的75周年，它经常被称作二战中被遗忘的入侵。该行动本要与诺曼底登陆战役同时发生，但由于缺乏资源就被延迟了。大概两个月后，35万名法国和美国军人在法国里维埃拉登陆，最终与霸王行动联合，仅用四周就帮助解放了法国南部大部分地区。我的下一位嘉宾就参与了此次行动的一部分，他在1944年8月的一个白天飞往纳粹占领地区并勇敢地完成了跳伞。他有一个令人难以置信的幸存故事。二战伞兵Roland Barhyte现在与我连线。他还作为551伞降步兵团的一员参加了阿登战役。Roland，感谢你今晚可以与我连线。

Tell me a little bit about that mission and what it was like when you landed in the middle of the day there. It was kind of surprising in that we were one of the few to make daylight jumps. Most paratroop drops were done in darkness before a dawn if possible. It was our actual jump and landing and assembling on the ground was rather uneventful because there were no enemy troops that are firing at us. Thank goodness. Thank goodness. So, you know, you say that the first time you ever flew in an airplane you jumped out of it. Why did you volunteer to be a paratrooper? Because I was wondering if I could deal with jumping out of an airplane. But I had been afraid of heights before that. But it's different jumping out of an airplane. When you are standing on something solid that is attached to the surface that you are headed for, it's different. Up in the air there is just space. It seems. And you go out and it's kind of great.

告诉我关于那次任务的一些事情，以及你中午登陆那里时的情景。我有些惊讶，因为很少有人白天跳伞，而我们就是那些少数。如果可能的话，大多数伞兵都是在黎明前的黑暗中完成跳伞。这的确是我们的跳伞，登陆和在地面上集合都是比较平淡无奇的，因为没有敌军冲我们开火。谢天谢地。谢天谢地。你知道的，你说这是你第一次坐飞机，然后就跳伞了。你为什么志愿成为一名伞兵？因为我在想我是否可以从飞机上跳下去。但我在此之前是恐高的。但从飞机上跳下去是不一样的。当你站在一个连接目的地表面的结实地方时，那是不一样的。空中就只有大片空间。看起来是这样。你出去后会感觉很棒。