To: the scotsman
Fascinating. RIP to a good man.
To: the scotsman
About fifty years ago I read the story of a Russian who was thrown in the gulag for criticizing Stalin in WWII.
He escaped and walked to India. He claimed to have seen two Yeti in the Himalayas during his trek.
I later read that his story was not taken as truth because of the Yeti claim.
3 posted on
02/02/2013 5:04:32 PM PST by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(Click my name! See new paintings!)
To: the scotsman
Lt Rogers was then taken prisoner by the Russians and sent to a gulag in Siberia. Best friend Gordon Scott-Whale, 85, of Fairford, Gloucestershire, recalled: 'In Krakow Tony told me he and his comrades hid inside graves at a cemetery. 'Can you imagine firing at Russian tanks from inside a grave? One of his friends was killed but Tony escaped and managed to make it back to his village.'
Krakow was taken by the Germans early in the war and the Russians didn't get there until 1945. He must have been shooting at German tanks or else fighting the Russians at another location.
4 posted on
02/02/2013 5:06:00 PM PST by
Fiji Hill
(Io Triumphe!)
To: the scotsman
Takes one’s breath away.
Poles were laughed at and impugned. But the real story was that they DID engage their enemy with courage and honor.
Hand Salute to Flight Lieutenant Czeslaw ‘Tony’ Rogers.
To!
5 posted on
02/02/2013 5:10:20 PM PST by
ConradofMontferrat
(According to mudslimz, my handle is a HATE CRIME. And I HOPE they don't like it.)
To: the scotsman
Wow, like I needed more proof there were better men than me. RIP Lt. Rogers
9 posted on
02/02/2013 5:26:19 PM PST by
muir_redwoods
(Don't fire until you see the blue of their helmets)
To: the scotsman
To: the scotsman
There's a great movie availabe called
The Way Back. It's the story of three guys who escape from the Gulag and walk to India. Fascinating story.
26 posted on
02/02/2013 6:40:51 PM PST by
rabidralph
(http://www.cafepress.com/westernwis)
To: the scotsman
Hand Salute.......................two
27 posted on
02/02/2013 6:42:59 PM PST by
bmwcyle
(People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
To: the scotsman
What an amazing life. Wow! RIP, sir. Thank you for your bravery, honor, and sacrifice.
29 posted on
02/02/2013 7:25:58 PM PST by
Bigg Red
(Restore us, O God of hosts; let your face shine, that we may be saved! -Ps80)
To: the scotsman
I am once again made proud of my ancestry. I am equally relieved that all four of my grandparents emigrated here from Poland.
To: zot
RIP for a defender of freedom
44 posted on
02/03/2013 11:27:43 AM PST by
GreyFriar
(Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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