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    #31
    Don't I wish. By "SS Armband" I meant a standard officer's brassard.

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      #32
      Very Nice Neck Chain, I would hate to wear that all day

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        #33
        Yeah, a pound and a half of silver ... not something you wanna wear all day.

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          #34
          Here's a "letter home" from the veteran. Quite a letter.
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            #35
            Last page.
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              #36
              That is one hell of a letter, very interesting to read those first hand combat accounts, very descriptive.

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                #37
                Yes, letters like this remind us that there existed a brutal shooting-war between Germans and Americans once. Brings "big H" history down to a personal level that is eventually forgotten as veterans pass on.

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                  #38
                  Originally posted by PanzerJager1944 View Post
                  That is one hell of a letter, very interesting to read those first hand combat accounts, very descriptive.
                  First hand history at it's best and luckily the letter wasn't lost to time.

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                    #39
                    Indeed an amazing letter - war is hell!

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                      #40
                      I will have more documentation arriving tomorrow, and will post anything interesting.

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                        #41
                        Turning out to be a great grouping.
                        When you go home
                        Tell them for us and say
                        For your tomorrow
                        We gave our today

                        --Inscription in the 5th Marine Division cemetery,
                        Iwo Jima 1945

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                          #42
                          Agreed, I can't wait to read through the additional material tomorrow, when it comes in.

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                            #43
                            Wow, what a letter....

                            Stan

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                              #44
                              Originally posted by Stan View Post
                              Wow, what a letter....

                              Stan
                              Yes, exactly what I thought.

                              Brave to be firing the machine gun mounted on the tank in that situation.

                              Thanks for showing this.

                              Chris.

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                                #45
                                Originally posted by der-hase-fee View Post
                                Leipzig had three Nazi Bürgermeisters:

                                Rudolf Haake 1. April 1937–11. October 1937 and 11. October 1938–20. August 1939

                                Walter Dönicke 12. Oktober 1937–11. Oktober 1938

                                Alfred Freyberg 21. August 1939–18. April 1945

                                They all died in April 1945.
                                And they had one very famous predecessor: Carl Goerdeler. Goerdeler was a conservative politician elected Lord High Mayor of Leigzig in May of 1930. From that position he saw the collapse of the Weimar era and the growth of Nazism. His biography is interesting to read. He came in conflict with the Nazi elements like Haake who came into the Leipzig government. Failing in his efforts to moderate Nazi policy he resigned on March 31, 1937. It would seem the Mayor's chain was designed for the new political order of the Mayor's office. As we know, Goerdeler became involved in the Resistance in Germany, eventually caught in the aftermath of the July 20 Plot and was executed Feb 2, 1945.

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