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To: Jaknik2 who wrote (205120)	5/4/2007 10:42:01 PM
From: ManyMoose	Respond to of 793970

It was just a bad joke. I can't even imagine the stress these fellows have bottled up inside them. Most WWII men I've known do not talk at all about their experiences. They are starting to now, I think, because they know they are on the way out and it's now or never. My Father In Law, who flew a B-17 and spent two years in Stalag 3 has told me more about his experiences than he has his own children and wife, possibly because I ASKED about them. They know very little about what happened to him, except the basic facts. He (and they) are still paying a price for that experience, over sixty years ago now. Here's a fictional account of one experience, based on what he told me. Message 22898430 In regard to the new societal culture, I rue the day when we have to fly the Stars and Stripes over the Pussy States of America.