Military-Vehicles: Re: [MV] Axis flag as grease rag
Re: [MV] Axis flag as grease rag
Steven P. Allen (spallen@rolemail.ccis.edu)
Fri, 1 Aug 1997 09:19:11 -0500
>Date: Fri, 01 Aug 1997 09:21:53
>To: a.mehlhorn@t-online.de (A. Mehlhorn)
>From: "Steven P. Allen" <spallen@rolemail.ccis.edu>
>Subject: Re: [MV] Axis flag as grease rag
>
>At 10:22 PM 7/31/97 DST, you wrote:
>>Seems to be big fun for US-boys to use Axis flags as grease rag.
>>Ok, you are the victors.
>>My father is a WW2 veteran and was POW in an US camp in Germany.
>>He never told me that the US soldiers used German flags as grease
>>rags.
>>What do you think about using the stars and stripes flag as a grease
>>rag to wipe the dipstick of my Kettenkrad?
>>Regards from Germany
>>Andreas
>
>Andreas,
>
>I've been wondering how long it would be before you responded to this.
While it may seem painful to you and your father, please remember that it is
not Germany being used as a grease rag, it is Nazi-ism. Surely you don't
defend that?
>
>I doubt that any insult is aimed at you, and most vets acknowledge the
heroism and courage of their opponents in the field (why do you think there
are so many re-enactors around the US who portray Axis soldiers, especially
German. We can admire the individual line-animal while still condemning the
cause for which he fought, willingly or not.
>
>As for the Stars and Stripes: we didn't start that damn war, as my father
said (also a WWII vet: 82nd/101st Airborne in N. Africa, Sicily, Monte
Casino, Bastogne), but most people, including most Germans I know, are very
glad we finished it.
>
>Steve Allen, Rolla, MO, USA
>
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