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Originally Posted by wdb
My first wife's stepdad was a "Nazi". Conscripted into the German Army in 1945 at age 14. He thought it was great; he got new clothes, his own shoes, and something to eat besides potatoes. They were grabbing up kids and old men because the rest of the men were already serving or dead. He had a rifle but never any ammunition. Never saw action.
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Yeah, Jay worked on trucks, then tanks then he got a gun and sent into the combat areas. Towards the end of the war he just hit out in the forest until he got picked up. Same story there, he said it was all kids and old men at the end.