Enemies in War, 2 Vets Bond As Seniors-- Part 1: Same War Different Sides

From the Jan. 10, 2016, Chicago Tribune "Enemies in WWII, 2 vets bond as seniors" by Colby Itkowitz, Washington Post.

Christiansburg, Virginia.

"On his first evening in his assisted living home, Gunter Buhrdorf ate dinner with another World War II soldier.

"He was, for the second time in his life, a stranger in a new land.  The assisted living facility staff gave him an open seat at George Williams' four-person table.  They hoped the men, veterans several years apart in age, would get along.  But, Buhrdorf, now 90, was reluctant to share wartime stories with his new dining companion.

"Yes, the men were both veterans.  But they had fought on opposite sides."

--GreGen