All aboard the Nazi ship!

[Angry White Male]

What the fuck is the Asian guy doing there in the middle?  How'd he get on there?  Never occurred to me before...  Anyhow, my Grandfather is at the far end, and he would've been 14 years old at the time.  This wouldn't have been long before the ship was captured, and he had to spend seven years in South Africa as POW.





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[Angry White Male]

They managed to hook a shark.  Not sure what they did with it...





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[Angry White Male]

Ever wondered what a Nazi era school report card looks like?





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[Angry White Male]

The Nazi ship is coming for you, CC...

[Frood]

What the fuck is the Asian guy doing there in the middle?  How'd he get on there?  Never occurred to me before...  Anyhow, my Grandfather is at the far end, and he would've been 14 years old at the time.  This wouldn't have been long before the ship was captured, and he had to spend seven years in South Africa as POW.





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Your grandfather lucked out. They were allowed to work, come and go, and date as long as they checked in regularly.

[Angry White Male]

Your grandfather lucked out. They were allowed to work, come and go, and date as long as they checked in regularly.

You're right...

[Frood]

Your grandfather lucked out. They were allowed to work, come and go, and date as long as they checked in regularly.

You're right...

I've known a couple families who started in that camp. When they were finally free, they resettled in Australia.

[Odinson]

The POWs got more ass than a toilet seat.





Women love underdogs..

[Aryan]

The Nazi ship is coming for you, CC...

Cool pics!  



CC always gets touchy when NS Germany gets brought up.  ac_toofunny

[Bricktop]

Nice one, Ace.

[cc]

They are a bit slow on the uptake.



The nazi ship sank in 45 ... leaving only a very few still hanging onto the life raft by their fingernails

[Bricktop]

Sunk by the mighty British navy!!!

[Angry White Male]

Cool pics!  

Those are the only two pics I have from his time at war.  There were no more.



He rarely spoke of his time in Africa, but where he was was literally like it's own city!  You could apply for different jobs, and I know a restaurant hired him on the spot.  I know it's a time he preferred not to dwell on, nor reminisce about.



Much poverty there also.  You'd buy rollies if you smoked, since tailormades were often not in the budget, and you could then roll up what's left in butts.



His Father, my Great-Grandfather, was actually quite high up in the Nazi regime at the time.  He NEVER spoke about what his job was.  Not even his immediate family knew what his job was.  He took that to his death bed, even long after the war had ended.



I think that to cope, it's often just better not to linger too long onto thoughts of bad times of the past...  Not everyone can do this, but they seemed to manage.

[Bricktop]

You've just become Scouses BFF.