Peas on Earth to Men of Good Will!
Envision Whirled Peas!
--R
On 7/22/14 9:15 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
My FIL has said that while he was a guard, it was sort of a joke in the sense
that none of these guys were a threat of any sort and they got along well. They
knew they had it good from a POW standpoint compared to how bad it could be.
>From the few stories he told, they weren't even secured at night, and were
often entertained at local homes for dinner and holidays.
Understand that this was a really rural area at the time and the opportunity to
escape without the assistance of the locals would be pretty slim, too.
Dan
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On Jul 22, 2014, at 9:07 AM, Van Knutson via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
wrote:
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Local story: Our high school's German teacher was a former POW in a camp in
Reedsburg, WI, in southern Wisconsin. His day job along with other POW's was to
work the fields for a pea farmer. While I'm sure he ultimately had a well
balanced diet, his vegetable ration consisted of peas, peas, and more peas.
He stayed in the States after the war, and the employment path of least
resistance for him was to teach high school German, which he did into the
1980's before retiring. He told us his POW stories, and while his memories
were mostly good ones, he said he never ate another pea again, for which I
can't blame him.
DBV
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