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To: T-Bird45

The German civilian caretaker of our rifle range was a WW2 paratrooper who jumped into Crete


Hopefully he didn’t take part in the massacre that happened there.


24 posted on 07/05/2026 12:05:01 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: dfwgator

“Hopefully he didn’t take part in the massacre that happened there.“

As he related the story, he was among those who were met by the local pitchfork brigade immediately after landing. He spent the remainder of the war as a POW.


29 posted on 07/05/2026 2:25:03 PM PDT by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't. )
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