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February 10th, 2012, 02:34 PM
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#1 | | Rifleman
Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Texas
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| And still they find the dead
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February 10th, 2012, 02:46 PM
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#2 | | Lifer |
Wow..Fascinating 'site'...
I have been to Pompei...and this appears to be an apt comparison to it.
I have seen a lot of 'ruins', but neither Pompei nor this battle-site are in fact ruins, more like...TOMBS!
I immediately Forwarded the Link to Friends!
Thanks!
CAVman in WYoming
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February 10th, 2012, 02:46 PM
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#3 | | Platoon Commander
Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Northern Kentucky (shoes are optional)
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That is amazing. great post, thanks
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February 10th, 2012, 03:04 PM
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#4 | | Platoon Sergeant
Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Kennesaw
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Thay's really an amazing find. I hope they preserve the entire sight. I have soft spot for those who have fallen in battle with a few exceptions. It should be used as a tool to teach teh horrors of war to future generations.
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February 10th, 2012, 03:09 PM
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#5 | | Platoon Commander
Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Florida
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whats even weirder is this man- Lieutenant August Hutten, 37 ,may actually be related to me, on our Dutch ancestry side, were German, English and Dutch ancestry, and Hutten is a name that appears in our geneology
WOW awesome pics
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February 10th, 2012, 03:27 PM
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#6 | | Rifleman
Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: South of I-10
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Wow. Thanks for posting.
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February 10th, 2012, 10:51 PM
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#7 | | Platoon Commander
Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Hamburg, Germany
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May they rest in peace.
Thanks for posting.
Wolf
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February 11th, 2012, 01:07 AM
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#8 | | Newbie
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Lincoln, NE
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Thank you for posting, very interesting part of history. May they rest in peace. I assume that they will be returned home.
Now that it is a new Germany will they recieve military funeral honors?
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February 11th, 2012, 05:27 AM
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#9 | | Master Gunner
Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Ozarks
Posts: 897
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This discovery is a reminder for those whose fathers served throughout the 1914-1918 war to be thankful that these men survived. Had it not been so, we never would have existed. Growing up among them and hearing their recollections of the horrors of living under unimaginably harsh conditions for over four years left me with the realization that that level of devotion to duty has rarely been equalled. At long last, their country will acknowledge their sacrifices and provide them with the honored rest they so richly deserve. Hier ruht im Gott...
It's difficult to imagine that these events ocurred so long ago. It's revelations like these that bond us to the preceding generation and remind us to give thanks to the Almighty.
Last edited by willriskit; February 11th, 2012 at 05:52 AM.
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February 11th, 2012, 06:30 AM
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#10 | | Designated Marksman
Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: texas
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Amazing history. Thanks for posting this.
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February 11th, 2012, 07:32 AM
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#11 | | Platoon Commander
Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Hamburg, Germany
Posts: 495
| Quote:
Originally Posted by One Shot  Thank you for posting, very interesting part of history. May they rest in peace. I assume that they will be returned home.
Now that it is a new Germany will they recieve military funeral honors? | Not officially. Ususally us reservists take care for an appropriate funeral.
Wolf
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February 11th, 2012, 08:27 AM
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#12 | | Platoon Commander
Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Hamburg, Germany
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. 2. Edit
My calculation was right, but I couldn'd believe it myself. 10 million fallen soldiers on both sides and 20 million wounded. Devided by 1460 days.
Wolf
Last edited by bigbang; February 14th, 2012 at 09:29 PM.
Reason: wrong calculation, right calculation
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February 11th, 2012, 08:37 AM
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#13 | | Master Gunner
Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Ozarks
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There are some most instructive ironies in the recovery of these men's remains. Regardless of whether they were Christians or Jews, these soldiers fought and gave their lives to preserve a major world power and staunchly Christian nation. Many came from communities now under foreign domination whose names are only known by their descendents from previous Anmeltung forms and whose histories are distorted by teachers whose personal philosophies and curricula have far more in common with Marx and Lenin than with Jesus. At least those who knew them will reflect upon these things. To a Europe that has become officially atheistic and remains in a state of deep denial concerning its history, the return of these soldiers will most likely be regarded as an embarassment. Many of their children now live in other countries and I find it supremely ironic that until these pass from the earth, tribute to men such as these will have to come from outside the homeland that they served so faithfully.
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February 11th, 2012, 09:45 AM
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#14 | | Squad Leader
Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Missouri
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World War I was one of the most senseless wars ever fought, all because some royals, left overs from an earlier era, could not get along.
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February 11th, 2012, 05:37 PM
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#15 | | Old Salt
Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dixie
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Thanks for sharing this unique piece of history with us...
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