Reply #10: I am not so sure. [View All]

[Joe for Clark]

. We picked up a lot of German prisoners-wounded. And that’s where I learned that not all Germans were Nazis. Dad and I had a lot of arguments over that. How did you find that out? In talking to this man. Because towards the end of the war they (the Germans) were now taking men in their forties and on up, and young kids…like sixteen, or fifteen or maybe younger. And this elderly man, a POW, could speak some English. He was on my train and he was very nice and friendly and, well, we got to talking. And so I just asked him something about why he joined the war. He was older and he was married with about four kids and he said, “When they come to your house and say either you join the army or we shoot your wife and children right here in front of you, what would you do? So, I joined the army.” That’s when I knew that not all Germans were Nazis.

I calculated my Dad killed about 1200 people over there in Europe - My Mom, Lt XXX was a train nurse picking up wounded.

You see, sometimes the truth is really blurry.

So, I don't make too many judgements about people anymore.

Joe