After the August 18th incident where American airmen were actually killed, the Japanese were required to remove the propellers from all their aircraft to prevent more incidents from their hotheads.
Many strange happenings at the end of the war.
After the August 18th incident where American airmen were actually killed, the Japanese were required to remove the propellers from all their aircraft to prevent more incidents from their hotheads.
Not the least of which was the death of John Birch.
There is so much more.
After the war, entire SS units joined the FFL intact. One particular battalion did incredible work in Tay Ninh area of Vietnam.
Other former SS and Wehrmacht soldiers joined the US Army. The 10th SF Group was full of them. Think about it; where else were you going to get native German-speaking US Army soldiers who were trained for deep infil and stay-behind missions in case the big balloon went us and the Sovs came west through the Fulda Gap?
It went on very sub-rosa for a whole, then the Lodge Act made it all legal.
In 1969, at a beer night at Bragg I met a retired E-8, all sorts of Real Deal stuff on his DD 214. He had been awarded the SS that day for something classified he had done somewhere (the citation was very non-specific) in 1962.
When the night wore on, some of the old guys started singing the “alte Kameraden lieder.” I congratulated the old MSG on his SS. He said “ja,ja,ja. Das ist gut, young Sir, but let me show you a Real Man’s Medal!!!!!”
It got very quiet. The old guys knew what was coming. Hans reached into his wallet and pulled out an Iron Cross with Oak Leaves! I asked (wonderingly) “An Iron Cross.... with Oak Leaves... Where in the hell did you get that, Hans!
He pulled his old body off the bar stool, grew about 6 inches, clicked his heels and announced in a loud command voice; “Stalingrad, Mein Kapitän!”
It was a great night!