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WWII veteran
Jan. 30th, 2009 11:37 pmHere's a story about a guy who earned a medal of valor in World War II, but never received it because his plane was shot down over Germany shortly afterward.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/30/wwii.vet.honored/index.html
The part I find interesting was that he and his comrades were in Buchenwald, but Luftwaffe airmen saw them there, and demanded they be moved to a POW camp. This was an era when soldiers had respect for each other as soldiers. This, of course, is in contrast with the perception of Jews as less than human.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/30/wwii.vet.honored/index.html
The part I find interesting was that he and his comrades were in Buchenwald, but Luftwaffe airmen saw them there, and demanded they be moved to a POW camp. This was an era when soldiers had respect for each other as soldiers. This, of course, is in contrast with the perception of Jews as less than human.
