Re: [MBZ] I'll pass on the peas.

2014-07-22 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
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 goo

Re: [MBZ] I'll pass on the peas.

2014-07-22 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
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 n

[MBZ] I'll pass on the peas.

2014-07-22 Thread Van Knutson via Mercedes
>> My father-in-law has always been reluctant to talk about his wartime >> service. This was due to the fact that he was a POW camp guard, and in his >> mind not a worthy contribution to the war effort. >>  >> He's never really opened up about it at length, but we know that he guarded >> German