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[Paul Ayerst]

neat pic just found on another site taken shortly after capture and look he has the round drivers patch lower left sleeve.

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[Joe B]

They were lucky that they were not just shot outright when captured by hardened combat veterans .

 

[Garry]

Great photo. Sums it all up really.

 

[HJ-collector]

thats an excellent image Paul, can anybody show me in colour what uniform the lad in the middle wears?

 

[Heinrich]

They were lucky that they were not just shot outright when captured by hardened combat veterans .

Most "hardened combat veterans" were unlikely to have been war criminals.

 

[Joe B]

Tell that to these SS soldiers , wrong place at the wrong time .

Most "hardened combat veterans" were unlikely to have been war criminals.

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[Heinrich]

Tell that to these SS soldiers , wrong place at the wrong time .

These pictures look like documentary evidence of a war crime. I doubt that most American soldiers would have approved. I wonder if this event was investigated.

 

[Paul Ayerst]

murder of camp guards by Americans , was investigated and covered up .

 

[Heinrich]

murder of camp guards by Americans , was investigated and covered up .

Completely shocking.

 

[Paul Ayerst]

me thinks this is well covered in some google bits http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dachau_liberation_reprisals

 

[Gefolgschaft]

Completely shocking.

Yes Paul is correct this did happen. Atrocities were committed on all sides during the war by troops in fits of rage.