My uncle led a group of soldiers in Iceland during WWII - they hunted U-boats in the fjords using bazookas - skiing to different locations to wait and hopefully shoot.
They got one, but had a lot of close shots on others. I can’t imagine that after skiing in the Dolomites pulling those damn sleds.
He retired as an O-6, and was my reason to join the Army so long ago.
It’s pretty amazing what people endured and accomplished in WWII.
The Greatest Generatiion.
My dad had a cousin living in Norway when the Nazi’s came. He would have been an older teen. The only story he told was how he hid under a pile of potatoes in the cellar when they searched the house.
Very similar to the boy in the true story “Snow Treasure” where they took the town’s gold by sled (road by kids) right past the Nazi soldiers. (In the story the boy hid in the pile of coal iirc).
Anyway - a a child I always liked to think that was my relative. And who knows what other stuff he did while in the Resistance.
My dad asked him what he did during the Resistance. In a whisper (in his own home) he said “No one knows - not even my wife. There are still Nazi’s you know.” That conversation would have been in the late 70’s.
He was a very wealthy person too.
Sorry, don't see the connection between Iceland and the Dolomites/sleds. Are you saying that, after you went skiing in the Dolomites (northern Italy), and pulled some damn sled, you are unable to imagine doing what your uncle did?
Regards,