“Father Barrett gave a lecture, saying, ‘Dave
is probably doing the most important thing in this outfit,
showing people what war is really like.’” (Audio
Interview, Part 4, 11:51)
David
Quaid didn’t just see action in the China-Burma-India
Theater of World War II; he filmed it. Before the war, he
had been a freelance news cameraman, so he made sure that
once he was drafted he got assigned to the Signal Corps. Not
satisfied with carrying a camera rather than a rifle, Quaid
sought out the front lines, first working with the legendary
general Vinegar Joe Stilwell and then hooking up with Merrill’s
Marauders. His collection includes a lengthy audio interview
as well as his own video history of the Marauders, complete
with some of his own footage and interviews with many surviving
comrades. |