[EggsAckley]

What a touching story.

“their English mother Primrose...”

I don’t know why but I love that her name was Primrose.

[randog]

"I do not think the family would like to see papa's shoes getting the Hollywood treatment but it would be nice to see a factual documentary made."

Smart woman.

[yoe]

(Amazon)

The first book for me from Amazon 2008.

[i_dont_chat]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=HYQ4MXXHTWOCXQFIQMFCFF4AVCBQYIV0?xml=/news/2007/12/29/wshoes129.xml

[2harddrive]

COOL story! What a SURVIVOR.

[PAR35]

I wonder why they were shipping him to Germany instead of just lining him up against a local wall.

[annelizly]

my mother had a friend who during his stint in a german pow camp ground stones down to make tiny little dice. they were so small that when they did an inspection for contraband he would hide them under his partial in his mouth.

after he died, as an old man, his son inheirited those dice. i always thought what a neat thing to have and pass down.

[444Flyer]

An amazing story of resourcefulness and hope.

[ASOC]

Thor Heyerdahl, another Norwegian, served as a Commando in WWII. There is a story where, surrounded by German SS, he climbed outside thru a chimney and shot his way out. The Kon Tiki thing made a lot more sense after I found out about his war exploits.

Norway remembers. They are having construction of 5 new Fridtjof Nansen class Aegis frigates - one named Thor Heyerdahl (F314). Expected commissioning is 2009.