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« Have You ... Part One | Main | The Council Has Spoken » June 04, 2004
Have You ... Part Two
Posted by Bill ... seen Serenity's awesome collection of links "Remembering D-Day?" I could read this stuff for days. My favorite: When Beyrle's infantry reached the French coast near Normandy that day, they came under enemy fire and eventually jumped from the frighteningly low altitude of 120 meters, Beyrle recalled. After Beyrle landed, he lost contact with the other paratroopers. He managed to blow up a power station and carry out other acts of sabotage before being captured by Nazi soldiers a few days later. Over the next seven months, Beyrle was held in seven different Nazi prisons, escaping twice only to be recaptured. "I went down with my hands up and said, 'Amerikansky tovarishch, Amerikansky tovarishch,'" Beyrle recalled, using two of the few Russian words he knew: American comrade. Beyrle managed to convince the brigade's wary commanders to let him fight alongside them on their march to Berlin, and thus began his one-month stint in the Soviet tank battalion. For the rest of the story, check out Serenity's post; there are tons of great links. Posted by Bill at June 4, 2004 11:16 PM | TrackBack (0) |
