egbert Posted 16 November , 2003 Share Posted 16 November , 2003 5000 miles from home we celebrated German Volkstrauertag today in Ft McClellan, Alabama. Some 30 German POWs and 3 Italian POWs are buried here from the period 1943-44. A small trinational contingent gathered to honor the dead on the small military cemetery on US federal grounds: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 16 November , 2003 Author Share Posted 16 November , 2003 Maybe the cemetery doesn't look as smart as Europeans ones...but that doesn't matter: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 16 November , 2003 Author Share Posted 16 November , 2003 A speech and a prayer: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 16 November , 2003 Author Share Posted 16 November , 2003 together with an Italian Air Force colleague: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Christina Holstein Posted 17 November , 2003 Share Posted 17 November , 2003 Egbert - Thank you for posting those. I'm glad they are remembered, even if they are far from home. Christina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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