SageieGirl

I have to watch myself here, I don't want to get into trouble. We always seem to agree on everything. We never argue about most things. I've learned to be quiet sometimes and not to argue about the things that aren't important.

She's a great cook. You can't go wrong for that, marry a great cook. During our early years she would work to supply the extra money when we needed it.

I never asked to marry her. We just assumed we would get married. We always knew we were going to get married and we did. To buy an engagement ring I worked overtime and bought her a ring of a total cost of $50.00.

I thought about Marilyn Monroe, but I don't think we would have hit it off so good.

I like to shoot fine art nudes. Nothing is as beautiful as the female form. I like still life work too. I was only a photographer afterwards as a micro photographer.

Hey now, we have to be careful about that girl stuff. You'll get me into trouble.

For soldiers, the attitude was composed of various ethnic groups. The average German soldier was like the average person. If he was captured, I could talk to him. They seemed like ordinary people you could find anywhere. The SS were the bad guys, the real killers. They were responsible for the death camps and the killing of innocent people. You couldn't interact with them... you treated them like dirt. In some cases, I know some of the guys in our outfit got some of these arrogant SS troops and disposed of them.

The German people were fooled by Hitler. He promised them the world and they never asked him how he was going to do that. By the time he achieved what he was going to do, it was too late and they were stuck with him and he continued on to ruin Germany. The German prisoners of war that came to the United States knew how they were treated. Most were treated very respectfully and a lot came back to live in this country. The only soldiers that we had dealings with were shooting at us or we were shooting at us, or the prisoners. They were treated well most of the time and we never had any problems. The civilians we were not supposed to interact with. I talked to many German civilians and no one ever admitted they were a Nazi. It was always the other guy that was a Nazi. That was the attitude of the civilians. The people knew that the Americans were pretty easy to deal with but the Russians were pretty tough. Most of the German people liked the American soldiers.

Yes I've seen it. It's a great series. These are the true heroes. These guys really gave everything they had. I was never in their position as they were. I was in a lot of tight positions but not like what they went through. They were infantry and paratroopers I was armored. It was a different way of fighting.