[M1911A1]

My Father, who fought in the 28th ID during WWII, and was captured during the Bulge, has no hard feelings towards the Germans at all. He did aquire a deep and abiding dislike of the French.

While in France, the Free French Infantry (FFI) would often point his patrols in the direction of German positions. When they were invited to participate in the coming assault, they would invariably decline. After the action was complete, the FFI would re-emerge and demand to shoot what prisoners they had taken.

He told me that a rifle butt to the chops but an end to such requests.

[oldtimer]

My father was in the Navy WWII, and told about many bar room brawls would erupt after the toast: "Here's to the French, they are a dirty race. The fight with their feet, and xxxx with their face".