Source 1
...when General Shalikashvili visited the land of his father and asked Georgian leader Eduard Shevardnadze if he could re-bury his father in the Caucasus (AP, 24 May 1995), it was reported as being emotional and touching. Shalikashvili's father was in Hitler's brutal Waffen SS and later emigrated to the United States in 1946 where he later died as an American citizen...For Fair Use Only (AP, 24 May 1995). Born in Georgia but raised in Poland, Shalikashvili's father, Dmitri, joined the Georgian Legion in 1943, serving with other Georgian expatriats under the command of Hitler's brutal Waffen SS. Young John and his brother, Othar attended school in wartime Berlin while their father fought in Normandy and Italy against the U.S.-led Allies. Dmitri Shalikashvili was arrested in 1945 by British forces. Released in 1946, the family emigrated to the United States.
Source 2
He even survived the stomach-dropping experience of discovering that his family's war experience was darker than he had realized. In 1993, while he awaited Senate confirmation for the top military job, historical documents were uncovered showing that his deceased father, Dmitri Shalikashvili, had served in a German army unit commanded by the Waffen SS."To me, he was a kind and gentle man, and I loved him very much," the general told the Senate panel on the day of his confirmation hearing. "I'm deeply saddened that my father had this tragic association."
Source 3
SEPARATELY A RABBI SPECIALIZING IN HOLOCAUST RESEARCH SAID THAT THE FATHER OF THE NOMINEE TO BE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF WAS A NAZI COLLABORATOR DURING WORLD WAR IIRABBI MARVIN HIER FOUNDER OF THE SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER IN LOS ANGELES SAID THAT DMITRI SHALIKASHVILI THE FATHER OF ARMY GEN JOHN SHALIKASHVILI WORKED WITH THE GERMAN OCCUPIERS OF POLAND EARLY IN THE WAR AND LATER SERVED AS A MAJOR IN THE WAFFEN SS
BUT OTHAR SHALIKASHVILI THE GENERAL'S OLDER BROTHER DISPUTED THE RABBI'SALLEGATIONS I DON'T THINK HE WAS A NAZI COLLABORATOR MR SHALIKASHVILI SAID HE SAID HIS FATHER WAS DEDICATED TO THE CAUSE OF LIBERATING HIS NATIVE GEORGIA FROM THE SOVIET UNION AND JOINED FORCES WITH THE GERMANS TO FURTHER THAT AIM MY CLEAR PERCEPTION IS THAT HE DIED WITH A CLEAR CONSCIENCE IN 1978 HE SAID
DEFENSE SECRETARY LES ASPIN SAID THAT GEN SHALIKASHVILI'S SUPERB RECORD SPEAKS FOR ITSELF AND THAT ALLEGATIONS ABOUT HIS FATHER'S HISTORY AREN'T RELEVANT THE ALLEGATIONS WERE REPORTED IN DEFENSE DAILY A TRADE PUBLICATION