[JoMar]

Some years ago I attended a P-61 Reunion of WWII crews or their survivors families. At my dinner table of 8 was a German who was a Luftwaffe night fighter. He was given honorary status of the group since he did the same role as the Americans. We got into a discussion and he made it clear he was not a Nazi but he was a German. One did not need to belong to the the "party" to fight for your Country. He had a disdain for Nazi's. What hurt him the most was that for many years all Germans were considered Nazi's. What was impressive, at least to me, was the acceptance of both sides by both sides. Not sure if anyone saw the 50th reunion at Gettysburg where Confederate and Union soldiers were shaking hands and breaking bread together. I also had the opportunity back in the 80's to be at Pearl Harbor listening to both Americans who were there during the attack and Japanese who were attacking sitting together and talking about what happened that day from both perspectives. Seems those that serve sometimes have a different perspective then those that report it.