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To: dp0622

The Dakotas are full of descendants of German draft dodgers as is much of the upper midwest.


13 posted on 11/22/2016 5:48:07 PM PST by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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To: Vigilanteman

No kidding? That’s fascinating.

Thought it was a stupid war?


22 posted on 11/22/2016 5:51:01 PM PST by dp0622 (IThe only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: Vigilanteman

Yes, and a lot of other Germans came here because the military was persecuting them for their beliefs. They were goose-stepping swine (a good number of them).


23 posted on 11/22/2016 5:51:18 PM PST by Genoa (Luke 12:2)
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To: Vigilanteman

Correct. A recently deceased friend went to work on a N Dakota farm following his graduation in 1939. The farmers two sons had returned to Germany (can you say to serve the fatherland?) My friend ended up learning German as the farmer spoke no English.
Fast forward to WW2—he was infantry (draftee) but frequently used as an interpreter—was one of the first to enter Dachau. Liberated the camp commanders SS sword. On his death his wife donated it to Camp Dodge military museum.


47 posted on 11/22/2016 5:57:31 PM PST by whistleduck ("....the calm confidence of a Christian with 4 aces".....S.)
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To: Vigilanteman

Most of the upper Midwest’s came just after 1848 after serving on one side in the 1848-9 German revolution.


114 posted on 11/22/2016 6:45:19 PM PST by piasa
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