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august I too am proud of my German Heritage, we should be. Sure Germany, like every other country, made some mistakes, but who hasn't? Yet because of Germany many things are right in the world today. In the areas of medicine, technically, advanced machinery and vehicles that benefit all mankind a hu...

THIS THE LINK TO THE ENTIRE STORY. LET ME KNOW if you can not bring it up. I could copy and past it if it is needed. http://www.3ad.com/ Bob Kauffman is a friend of mine, he met a German who he was direclty fighting against and was invited to the Germans' Units Re-union. This is a portion of the sto...

Hi Sam, my friend!!!! I haven't seen the video, but the fact is that if you read the memoirs of several Captains and crew members in the USN submarine service in WWII, such killings were common. There are many, many documented stories of Japanese sailors and soldiers being machine-gunned in the wat...

Interesting that we "normally don't discuss allied war crimes". I recently spent 5 weeks cruising with some 1400 people half of whom were American. We attended a number of lectures by senior Australian ex service members - General & Vice Admiral. One of the topics was the sinking of a...

Yes, of course, you are right, the Wiesenlager (Meadow Camps) were horrible. I am doing a translation of a German soldier's memoirs who was interrned at Horazdovice. That camp was not nearly on the scale of the ones at Remagen and elsewhere inside the German boarder. His narrative is very explicit ...

Hawaiian Paper money during World War II. While going through my fathers' keep sakes from the Pacific Theater we found a dollar bill or more a dollar silver certificate with Hawaii printed on the front and back of it. I did a search and the United States issued paper money with Hawaii printed on it...

This is my favorite plane, it has been in our life for many years we passed on the way to my Aunts near the Airport. Then one year it was gone, this link will tell you the story and what happened to this ME262 Trainer. http://www.williammaloney.com/Aviation/DelawareValleyHistoricalAircraftAssociati...

I don't believe this is directly related to your communications, but it does concern an American POW Camp for Germans. It is as I said before every military and government involved with World War Two commmitted some very wrong actions. This does NOT speak highly of an American POW camp which to me ...

If this link works for you there are some great photos from Life Magazine. It is a slide type show you click for the next photo and there are over 100 photos, many in COLOR.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/12588702/Nazi ... FE-archive

Thank you Tom, I really do enjoy the site and have learned a great deal. During my 36 years at my place of employment one of my best friends' fathers had been a German POW during the war here in the USA. Willi's father was returned to Germany after the war and returned to the USA with his family as ...

My name is Gregg, I was able to join a week ago or so. History has always been the area of my greatest interest. We are Pennsylvania German, both my mothers' side and my fathers' side. For 275 years the Pennsylvania Germans were the biggest population group in our state and area of Pennsylvania. Tha...

I was at a World War 2 Meeting last fall. A retired Lt. Colonel mentioned one night when was still a LT. they spotted a small group of Germans coming across a field. The Americans were on patrol and close to the front lines. They stopped the German group, then the Officer with the Germans said he wa...

You did an outstanding job on those photos well done!!

Here is a little more information, KABUL — Fourteen U.S. service members have received Germany's Gold Cross Medal for their bravery in extracting wounded German soldiers from a firefight in northeast Afghanistan — the first time the award has been given to troops from another nation. The Americans,...

I apologize, I did post it in a General Area of Forum because it did not directly relate to World War Two. However even though it was NOT World War Two and the Iron Cross, it is the more current and one of the Highest Honors awarded by the German Military the Gold Cross. It was awarded to the Ameri...