he is said to dwell in the castle of Kronborg, his beard grown down to the floor, and to sleep there until some date when Denmark is in mortal danger, at which time he will rise up and deliver the nation
I'm reminded of Chuck Yeagers book where he describes where they used a kill box and shot every horse, cow, person* car, cart. He mentioned it was a good thing we won other wise war crimes were on the docket.
* I was working repairing a system at a large company and the people that ran the break room were Germans. He was very young when the war was going on. His wife related how she was very young when a fighter tried to kill her but missed.
Found it interesting that Yeager's story was confirmed.
Holger I am confused. They did not have color film during WWII?
ReplyDeleteThis has to be from something else.
anon,
ReplyDeleteTurner broadcasting and others have colorized some of the old films.
After the bombing mission and the escorts weren't needed as much they turned the P-51s on ground targets.
The P-48 with 8 50s helped too.
I'm reminded of Chuck Yeagers book where he describes where they used a kill box and shot every horse, cow, person* car, cart. He mentioned it was a good thing we won other wise war crimes were on the docket.
ReplyDelete* I was working repairing a system at a large company and the people that ran the break room were
Germans. He was very young when the war was going on. His wife related how she was very young when a fighter tried to kill her but missed.
Found it interesting that Yeager's story was confirmed.
Big Bob,
ReplyDeleteThanks for all of the great info here at this thread!
:Holger Danske