06-04-2011, 05:50 AM
Gents,
I like the stories about the soccer games on Christmas during The Great War of 1914-1918, where a ball was tossed out into no man's land, and the Germans, Brits, and French played massive games after singing Christmas carols in the muddy trenches. I think they had one that first Christmas in 1914.
When I was a kid, there was a local diner that had pictures on the wall of an F4U Corsair ace and one of his victories portrayed with the downing of am A6M. The Japanese pilot had survived and immigrated to the US, and lived in the same town if I remember correctly. He signed the artwork, as did the F4U pilot, and they became good friends, frequently meeting there for breakfast and good conversation.
Makes me wish a certain % of politicians would have to participate in a celebrity death match type competition...
LRRPF52
I like the stories about the soccer games on Christmas during The Great War of 1914-1918, where a ball was tossed out into no man's land, and the Germans, Brits, and French played massive games after singing Christmas carols in the muddy trenches. I think they had one that first Christmas in 1914.
When I was a kid, there was a local diner that had pictures on the wall of an F4U Corsair ace and one of his victories portrayed with the downing of am A6M. The Japanese pilot had survived and immigrated to the US, and lived in the same town if I remember correctly. He signed the artwork, as did the F4U pilot, and they became good friends, frequently meeting there for breakfast and good conversation.
Makes me wish a certain % of politicians would have to participate in a celebrity death match type competition...
LRRPF52