The Russians had a soft spot for German POW's and vice versa. The Germans treated US POW's far better than they did the Russians. I knew more than a handful of dad's friends who survived as POWs in German camps. Mom's oldest brother, on the other hand, was a captured airman who was eventually murdered by the Japanese captors in New Guinea. The one thing all of our veterans, living and dead, have in common is that they signed a blank check with their lives as payment in service to our country. Gil
