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Message: [QUOTE="MSGRET, post: 3177141, member: 8506"] My Uncle opened up about his time in the war mainly because he was awed to find out that he had spent time in the home town of my wife while going thru Germany with Patton. He mentioned that he was surprised by the number of Germans that were actually relieved that the German forces were retreating. Many of them were tired of the war and their loss of their loved ones. Most of the people in the area were farmers and they lost their crops and livestock to the German forces. Her Uncle was only 14 years old and was basically drafted (taken) to help bolster the German forces. [/QUOTE]