What should I say to our vacation, the weather was sun and dry, we were on a camp ground, or tent 10 meters to the Mediterranean Sea, first bath before breakfast every day… but two days of Bora with a braking tent pole and some ruptures in our tent – the next time we’ll need a new one.
Jean, you’re writing about a christmas tree, but I did not find this story, have you sent it to the forum before? After 122 postings I'm loosing the overview.
I got the mentioned book about the end of WWII in the Siebengebirge now. It’s quiet interesting, but written from a german point of view, with some quotes of civil contemporary witnesses, unit numbers etc. are only rarely mentioned. American prisoners are not refered.
You have mentioned commander McNair. Which McNair was it? I first thought Lesley McNair, but he was already dead at that time, commander “Buck” McNair was Canadian... Maybe this could be a way to find the unit who picked them up.
Thank you for the map. It is the Nordfriedhof of which I had posted some photos here. I'll have to go there again and look for the marked place. It seems as if John H Reavill survived the wa, worked as leather merchand and died in Nottigham in 1996, following to the London Gazette which has published several information about him over the years - in 1943 that he got the Distinguished Flying Medal and finally in 1997 the notice about his death.
Waldbröl is not so far from here, but I don't have information concerning the fights there. Ley was not only a war criminal but also a notorious drinker, known as "Reichstrunkenbold" (Imperial boozer), and he called his daughter "Lore"!
I see in the background another mail from you, Jean! Of course I'd like to see what Mr Stolz sent! Shall I publish it here if you have problems to do so?
There have been several changes at the Abbey made while the reconstruction after the war for different reasons, for example because they found the grave of the founder of the abbey St Anno.
Christoph