Posted by wisbaker on March 11, 2015 at 18:31:00 from (173.26.84.185):
In Reply to: Way OT Luger posted by paul shuler on March 11, 2015 at 10:44:57:
One of my Dad's Uncles rode across France with Patton as a track mechanic. He told a story about one time they had captured a bunch of Germans. They had them detained in a fenced in area. He notices one of the Germans has a case with him that appears to be an accordion. He walks up to the fence and with hand gestures gets the German to show him the accordion, before to long they're passing it back and forth across the fence each playing a little tune. After a while Uncle slips back to his half track and pulls out a bottle he had been saving for an occasion. He and the prisoner spend the evening passing the bottle and the accordion back and forth. The next day they're rounding up the prisoners to turn them over to the unit that is going to incarcerate them. A bonfire is built and the Germans are being told they had to dump their personal effects that they could't march with into the fire. The German gets a panicked look on his face when he realizes he's to burn his accordion. He looks around and sees Uncle, runs over and gives him the accordion. Uncle had the accordion in his half track for the rest of the war, although it did take some shrapnel. He did manage to get it home but don't know if he ever got it fixed. I have one of his accordions but I don't think it's this one.
My Paternal Grandmother was 1/2 Italian and 1/2 French Canadian, they grew up speaking Italian and French, English became a 3rd language when they moved from Maine to northern Illinois. Speaking fluent French Uncle became his unit's scrounger striking deals with locals trading rations for fresh eggs, butter and milk.
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