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Originally Posted by Hufflepuff
Story of Koreans in Normandy is also in Citizen Soldiers, an exerpt from the book is on a previous thread of mine.
I remember hearing a story of a Private from the 29th Infantry Division talking to his CO about the international diversity of the POWs his platoon had just taken prisoner; he said, "Captian, just who the hell are we fighting, anyways?"
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One of the lesser known incidents at Omaha beach; several Polish Americans discovered Poles of the Ost Battalion in the trenches and bunkers. Conversing in Polish they were able to prusuade them quickly to surrender. In one case they were talked into returning to their bunker and taking the 'German' NCOs prisoner for the Yanks.