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Considering the cross section of US citizenry at the time, the GI could be conversing in perfect German as taught by his parents or the German could be a recall from USA to go back and fight for the fatherland. Therefore speaking flawless English... Looks like the GI is presently talking and they're all rivetted.
Poor kids…
It strikes me that both these guards are holding their weapons at rest as if they just came back from hunting. There seems absolutely no stress in the situation.
Bob
I'm pretty sure those kids are glad their war is over.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob Womack
My Uncle Gerhart (hows that for an old-country first name) was first generation American like all his siblings. The older children were bi-lingual - learned German from their Mom and Dad because as immigrants late 1890’s it took time to learn the new language.Quote:
Originally Posted by browningautorifle
Gerhart was an Tec 5 ammo truck driver in the US 3rd Army (and carried a carbine not a Garand). Between VE Day and Dec ‘45 when his unit returned to the US he had several passes to visit the farm and visit his extended family where my grandfather grew up in Bavaria region.
We have a nice picture of his cousin in his German Army uniform (he didn’t immigrate) - that reminds me of a boot camp graduation photograph. It was given to my uncle on one of these visits. Don’t know if his cousin survived the war, or on which front he fought. Odds are a German soldier didn't make the duration.
Glad those boys in the photo did survive. Without the uniforms they could be a Boy Scout patrol.
Did I notice a Luftwaffe patch on the second boy from the left side ?
The two German lads on the right appear to be wearing the reversible Gebirgsjager smocks.
They actually also look like brothers if not twins...Quote:
Originally Posted by Sapper740
The "Pennsylvania Dutch" are German... when they arrived, they said they were "Deutsche" which the locals took as "Dutch" and it stuck.