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TexasProgresive

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12. He never said any soldiers were humane.

Reply to truedelphi (Reply #11)

Wed Oct 8, 2014, 09:19 PM

Oct 2014

Put words in someone else's mouth. What he said was that soldiers at the enlisted level are pretty much the same. They were all drafted and would be shot if they did not do their "duty." Yes there were G.I. shot in the chest by their sergeants as they attempted to run from battle as well as some 2nd lieutenants in the back.

This does not excuse the atrocities of war. It is ugly and it is evil and it is something we humans do.

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My father, the Catholic nuns, and Nazis - Chicago, 1961 [View all] truedelphi Oct 2014 OP

Your father didn't mention the Nazi's crime of genocide. Millions of Jewish people and others pnwmom Oct 2014 #1

Yes, the Nazis systematically exterminated 12 million people. Jackpine Radical Oct 2014 #3

My father's best surviving friend in WWII truedelphi Oct 2014 #5

The German privates that faught against my father were not the same as TexasProgresive Oct 2014 #8

As your father explained, the German infantry often were humane, and they were often used as truedelphi Oct 2014 #11

He never said any soldiers were humane. TexasProgresive Oct 2014 #12

Sincere apology. truedelphi Oct 2014 #13

Excellent post Tumbulu Oct 2014 #2

I'm afraid your father was wrong. frazzled Oct 2014 #4

I advise you to read "They Thought They Were Free." truedelphi Oct 2014 #6

Here are some excerpts from "They Thought They Were Free" truedelphi Oct 2014 #7

Pfeh./nt frazzled Oct 2014 #9

No VWs until after the war doug1105 Oct 2014 #10