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Title: WWI German Soldiers found
Post by: CJS3 on February 10, 2012, 08:25:25 AM

Stories like this, I believe, help us stay connected with past events.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/9074125/German-soldiers-found-entombed-in-an-perfectly-preserved-World-War-One-shelter.html

Title: Re: WWI German Soldiers found
Post by: sledgemeister on February 10, 2012, 09:36:22 AM

Quote from: CJS3 on February 10, 2012, 08:25:25 AM

Stories like this, I believe, help us stay connected with past events.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/9074125/German-soldiers-found-entombed-in-an-perfectly-preserved-World-War-One-shelter.html

Thanks for the link.
My Grandfather served over there in WW1

Title: Re: WWI German Soldiers found
Post by: Pathfinder on February 10, 2012, 09:43:07 AM

Wow, as a former archeologist, that is incredible - and a sobering find too.

i had heard there are likely dozens, if not hundreds of such sites potentially. Looks like they actually found one.

Title: Re: WWI German Soldiers found
Post by: Timothy on February 10, 2012, 10:48:02 AM

Not long ago, I read a story of buried unexploded munitions from WWI in Belgium that had been forgotten!  It had been buried over by the local farmers over the decades.  It was a sobering reminder of the ugliness of war and the lives and families that are affected for years and years.

I found a link to the clean up efforts.  http://www.stripes.com/news/belgian-team-clearing-wwi-ordnance-near-chievres-1.52357

thanks for the post CJ..

Title: Re: WWI German Soldiers found
Post by: tombogan03884 on February 10, 2012, 10:53:14 AM

This months issue of Military History carried a report of that.
They identified them by their dog tags.

Title: Re: WWI German Soldiers found
Post by: Magoo541 on February 10, 2012, 03:23:15 PM

Quote from: sledgemeister on February 10, 2012, 09:36:22 AM

Thanks for the link.
My Grandfather served over there in WW1

My Great-Grandpa served over there in WW1, my Grandpa served in WWII as a navigator in a B24 for 32 missions (flew with Jimmy Stewart for a few missions and then something happened, a crash?, and then he flew another 25 with his next crew):

Found his obit: http://www.spokesmanreview.com/obits/?ID=61016