http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/09/living/hi ... ?hpt=hp_c1
VERY moving, a must read.
HH
A must read on CNN, war related, but not quite non political
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Re: A must read on CNN, war related, but not quite non polit
he needed spell-check to get CNN right.....
Re: A must read on CNN, war related, but not quite non polit
Was good until they talked about Rommel... this guy's divisions murdered prisoners of war.
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Re: A must read on CNN, war related, but not quite non polit
Doesn't count, he used cut and pastecallmeslick wrote:he needed spell-check to get CNN right.....
"In reality, there exists only fact and fiction.
Opinions result from a lack of the former and a reliance on the latter."
Opinions result from a lack of the former and a reliance on the latter."
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Re: A must read on CNN, war related, but not quite non polit
nicolas10 wrote:Was good until they talked about Rommel... this guy's divisions murdered prisoners of war.
Nic
"I would rather have a German division in front of me than French division behind me."
Gen George S. Patton "The patton Papers" by Martin Blumenson
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Re: A must read on CNN, war related, but not quite non polit
Nice read its good when enemy combatants can have some mutual respect
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Re: A must read on CNN, war related, but not quite non polit
fatman wrote:Nice read its good when enemy combatants can have some mutual respect
True, but I also found Franz Stigler's narrative. He thought of it as "murder"
to shoot the bomber down. But he was aware that the nose guns were operational
and stayed away from them as best he could.
It is obvious from both pilots accounts that they were all done killing for the day.
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