>> That's just stupid. Nobody ever in world history has ever described prison as fun.
True enough, I'm sure, but POWs didn't really lead a prison life. They did farm labor and perhaps factory labor as well; even got paid a bit, I think. One of my instructors in Berlin had been a POW. He concurred that he was very well treated and held warm memories of his time here.
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05/23/2004 6:08:15 PM PDT by
T'wit
(Liberal to child: you'll sink into depravity eventually, so do it at home, now, where it's hygienic)
If we paid German prisoners during WWII, I want to learn more about that. I was a history major just because I thought that would be a interesting way to get into law school, but I don't recall hearing anything about that.
Mostly what I learned was how we "abused" the Japanese.