The Chinese government never recognized Nernhard Sindberg during his lifetime, but did send a delegation to Denmark in 2000 to search for him. He had years earlier, but they did find his relatives. In 2005, members were invited to China and given the VIP treatment as Bernhard was honored by the government.
Ole Sindberg inherited his half-brother's documents and donated some of them to the University of Texas in Austin. But he still has dozens of documents at his Trout Valley home. he even has a 1954 motorcycle from the same company his brother once worked for, which he occasionally drives around town.
He spent three hours with the documentary crew and then more hours telling the story to his grandchildren.
One relative, Sonya, intends to use Bernhard's story as the basis of her undergraduate thesis at Lake Forest College.
--GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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