http://www.theworld.org/2012/09/soldiers-diary/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=soldiers-diary Global Perspectives for an American Audience Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.theworld.org/2012/09/soldiers-diary/comment-page-1/#comment-26062 Mark Schmidt Wed, 03 Oct 2012 16:35:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=139987#comment-26062 The American woman whose brother was killed in Vietnam said, "They are people just like we are." The Vietnamese family said much the same thing. Returning this little book to the family was a really good and moral thing to do, and I think it may help bring our countries a little closer. Mr. Frazier is a good man and a good Marine. The American woman whose brother was killed in Vietnam said, “They are people just like we are.” The Vietnamese family said much the same thing. Returning this little book to the family was a really good and moral thing to do, and I think it may help bring our countries a little closer. Mr. Frazier is a good man and a good Marine.

]]> http://www.theworld.org/2012/09/soldiers-diary/comment-page-1/#comment-26019 rondbaker Sat, 29 Sep 2012 12:52:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=139987#comment-26019 My brother sent me a link to this story. It’s a tremendous story about heroes. It reminded me about asking our father what among all his WWII memories he felt most positive. He told the story of one night digging his foxhole and remembering a barn not too far away. He went alone to the barn looking for some straw to line his foxhole. He found some, slung his rifle on his back, and filled his arms with straw. Leaving the barn two German soldiers came up to him. They had their rifles ready. Dad thought he was dead. But the Germans had something else on their minds. Seeing him, they indicated they wanted to surrender. They couldn’t speak English and he couldn’t speak German. Dad gestured for them to follow him back to the American lines. They all made it back to his unit and Dad must have convinced his buddies that the Germans were surrendering and not to shoot them. That’s what our father remembered as being most positive about his war… to this day I am so honored to have had Dad in my life. He was a hero in so many ways. My brother sent me a link to this story. It’s a tremendous story about heroes. It reminded me about asking our father what among all his WWII memories he felt most positive. He told the story of one night digging his foxhole and remembering a barn not too far away. He went alone to the barn looking for some straw to line his foxhole. He found some, slung his rifle on his back, and filled his arms with straw.
Leaving the barn two German soldiers came up to him. They had their rifles ready. Dad thought he was dead. But the Germans had something else on their minds. Seeing him, they indicated they wanted to surrender. They couldn’t speak English and he couldn’t speak German. Dad gestured for them to follow him back to the American lines. They all made it back to his unit and Dad must have convinced his buddies that the Germans were surrendering and not to shoot them. That’s what our father remembered as being most positive about his war… to this day I am so honored to have had Dad in my life. He was a hero in so many ways.

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