"Only Soldier to Fight for the US and Russia" Topic
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 Editor in Chief Bill  | 29 Jul 2022 7:32 a.m. PST |
After Joseph Beyrle and other prisoners of war bribed a German guard with 10 packs of cigarettes to allow them to escape, they boarded a train supposedly headed to Poland.The train actually was destined for Berlin… Military: link |
robert piepenbrink  | 29 Jul 2022 12:40 p.m. PST |
I bet his pay book was a real mess. |
| Frederick | 29 Jul 2022 4:17 p.m. PST |
But think of the pensions! |
| DisasterWargamer | 29 Jul 2022 6:13 p.m. PST |
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| robert piepenbrink | 29 Jul 2022 7:36 p.m. PST |
Pensions? Not even pension. Trust me, Frederick: when you get into that situation, both sets of paymasters look at you with--well, as close to human sympathy as a paymaster can get--and tell you the other guy is the one who owes you the money. I say this with 25 good years--11 Air Guard; 14 regular Army--and not a dime of pension. One can only imagine what happens when you've got two alphabets involved. |
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