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To: naturalman1975

My dad was a POW in Stalag Luft III, arriving in July, 1944, after the Great Escape try in the early spring that year. My dad was a B-24 pilot who was shot down over Romania. He said when he arrived, there was a memorial that just said ‘to the 50’. My husband was in Germany on business a few years ago and toured the grounds of the former Prisoner of War Camp. The memorial is still there. RIP all those who lost their lives in their try for freedom. You won the respect of countless people and the admiration of generations.


17 posted on 06/07/2010 9:52:39 PM PDT by originalbuckeye
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To: originalbuckeye

The camp commandant allowed the memorial to be built - he, as a professional officer of the Luftwaffe serving his country who understand the laws and conventions of war, as opposed to the Nazi thugs - was appalled at the fact that prisoners had been executed.

The bravery of the POWs was astonishing enough, but his own courage in allowing the memorial in spite of the fact that the murders were at the direct order of Hitler, has always inspired me as well.

19 posted on 06/07/2010 10:43:25 PM PDT by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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To: originalbuckeye; naturalman1975
My brother was shot down over Wiesbaden Gr on Aug 15th 1944 and spent the rest of the war in Stalag III until the forced march in the worst cold weather in Jan 45 about 35 miles or more to get put on a cattle train and moved to another camp. He passed away late last year. There is a huge Keith Ferris mural on a wall of the Air and Space museum depicting the Wiesbaden raid...


31 posted on 06/10/2010 8:00:49 AM PDT by tubebender (Life is short so drink the good wine first...)
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