Hey! My grandfather was a radio operator in a US bomber during the invasion. His plane got shot to hell, along with him in it. The only reason he got out alive is because his pilot gave him his parachute because he could not keep the plane stable enough to get out himself. Anyway, my grandfather landed in Germany as was takin in as a German POW, riddled with both shrapnel and bullets .
To this day, my grandma credits German nurses with his survival and ability return home after the war. He died of complications related to his wound when my father was three, but him and my grandma had three children and were able to start her family. If it were not for German nurses, my grandmother reminds me, I would not be here today. I always credit both my grandmother and the German POW system for their respect. I just want to say thank you but my [required] question is, did you see the people you were treating as the 'enemy' and if not, how did you relate to the people who were dropping shells all over your homeland?
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Hey! My grandfather was a radio operator in a US bomber during the invasion. His plane got shot to hell, along with him in it. The only reason he got out alive is because his pilot gave him his parachute because he could not keep the plane stable enough to get out himself. Anyway, my grandfather landed in Germany as was takin in as a German POW, riddled with both shrapnel and bullets .
To this day, my grandma credits German nurses with his survival and ability return home after the war. He died of complications related to his wound when my father was three, but him and my grandma had three children and were able to start her family. If it were not for German nurses, my grandmother reminds me, I would not be here today. I always credit both my grandmother and the German POW system for their respect. I just want to say thank you but my [required] question is, did you see the people you were treating as the 'enemy' and if not, how did you relate to the people who were dropping shells all over your homeland?
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