Killed in a plane crash on Memorial Day. How fitting.
Killed in a plane crash on Memorial Day. How fitting.
My (maternal) Grandfather fought at the Battle of the Bulge. injured, became POW, killed a German guard while escaping and crawled back to friendly lines. he survived the war and fathered 10 more children. When he went to war in 1942 he buried his first after she suffered aneurysm from an automobile train accident on the night of Pearl Harbor. he had to leave behind 4 children while he went to fight. He passed away in 1994.
My brother-in-law’s father served in the German Wehrmacht (Army) fought in Stalingard. Became a POW sent to Siberia, of the 60,000 captured only 5000 survived and was released in 1946. He passed away in 2007 at 96 years of age
what a diverse service of two individuals whom served in the US Army and German Army.