Champion and his buddy spent two days and two nights taking cover there and keeping watch. But it wasn't just the sound of enemy gunfire ringing in their ears. The steeple bell chimed every hour, alerting the whole town to the time. We couldn't silence the ringer, or the Germans would know we were there. It was almost heroic to walk without aid.
Photos depict downed enemy planes, war buddies and targets.
In one photo, Champion smiles broadly. The shadow of the photographer, clad in a long coat, is visible in the picture. Champion points out the symbolism of the long coat to a visitor. That figure is of the German soldier who had surrendered to him minutes earlier. Champion made sure that soldier took his picture before being rounded up with the other prisoners.