ottomeschede
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reenacting is as addicting as crack, just was more expensive
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Post by ottomeschede on Aug 24, 2008 12:43:06 GMT -5
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GyreneGreen
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Post by GyreneGreen on Aug 25, 2008 10:28:38 GMT -5
Nice pictures, thanks for posting them.
Who's the Marine in the first set? Is there a date and location with that photo?
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ottomeschede
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Post by ottomeschede on Aug 26, 2008 18:58:12 GMT -5
the marine is my opa( german for grandpa) who was a german immigrant. i posted the pic, because the pic next to that is his oldest brother, who stayed in germany. he fought in the pacific.
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galloway
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Post by galloway on Aug 31, 2008 15:20:18 GMT -5
Did your Grandpa and his brother survive the war sorry for the personal question. If they did do you know if they met after the war or did both stay in America and Germany.
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ottomeschede
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Post by ottomeschede on Aug 31, 2008 18:55:21 GMT -5
they both survived the war, another brother, hienrich, was killed in action in the luftwaffe along with a cousin who was also in the panzer corps(he is in some of the pictures).
After the war they never spoke. my grandfather was not proud of his german heritage because of what happened in the war. he'd probaly roll over in his grave if he saw me in a SS uniform.
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galloway
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Post by galloway on Aug 31, 2008 22:37:19 GMT -5
Ah ok thanks for answering! Sorry to hear some family didn't make it.
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