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Old March 17th, 2006, 11:22 PM
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Alte Hase
 
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Alex my signature is thus :

Grüneburg in Germany where several of my familie still reside.

the phrase in the literal was laid at my cousins gravesite in Holtensen, Germany back in 1999. My cousin Siegfried Baer was shot down in action while chasing US B-24's on November 26, 1944. He was flying a Fw 190A-9 fighter and downed most likely by Mustangs of the 2nd SF or 355th fighter group.

the phrase means : only those, which one forgets, are truly dead

pretty fitting I believe. and yes I thought that may well have been your wife in the photo, beautiful woman Alex.

Erich
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