My Cooter's History Blog has become about 80% World War II anyway, so I figured to start a blog specific to it, especially since we're commemorating its 70th anniversary and we are quickly losing this "Greatest Generation." The quote is taken from Pearl Harbor survivor Frank Curre, who was on the USS Tennessee that day. He died Dec. 7, 2011, seventy years to the day. His photo is below at right.
Wednesday, March 2, 2016
The Kassel Mission-- Part 5: Overcame Reluctance
Ira Weinstein was reluctant to go to Germany with the others, but did. he came back with a different point of view. They saw the memorial near Bad Hersfeld. Linda Alice Dewey said that Weinstein "was dumbfounded over the welcome he received from Walter Hassenpflug, a boy who had witnessed the falling men and planes that day, and other Germans he met when he was there. Their open-hearted friendliness amazed him."
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