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Message: [QUOTE="LasVegasYank, post: 2566726, member: 7711"] I went on a tour of Dachau when I was stationed in Bavaria from September of 1966 through April of 1968. The busload of GI's I was with was a jocular bunch, mostly guys from my company and others from our battalion. A fun bunch until we drove into the camp and got off the bus. It was like a dark cloud descended on us and there were few words spoken during the remainder of the visit. The first stop was the administration building which displayed relics from the camp along with many photographs of the camp's residents. The most gruesome thing I saw there were the lampshades made of human skin. The barracks were all gone, just concrete slabs where they once stood. A memorial had just begun construction on the far side of the camp. Then came the ovens which sent a chill through us mainly because, even after 20 years, you could still smell the death. The ride back was even quieter. [/QUOTE]