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Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Re: Toilets
--- "Michael B. Holt" <mholt@richmond.edu> wrote:
> Lew Clayman wrote:
> >
> > Ironically, that might have saved his life. U-Boat losses late in
> > the War were VERY high, from what I read.
>
> Yeah, they were high: six out of seven didn't come back?
Something like that, don't have the references to hand.
> But it might not have saved him. Think about sitting in a small
> camp with the guys YOU put there when you couldn't flush the
> toilet. I bet no one ever quite forgave him.
Never having been a POW, I cannot even guess how they react. It's gotta be one of the all-time
uncomfortable situations, even in a camp run to the highest humanitarian Red-Cross-Approved A++
standards. BUT - - - I'm sure he had some unfortunate nicknames from the crew!
> > Merely noting the irony of how things work out sometimes.
>
> I hadn't thought of that. The experience must have given
> him an interesting tale to tell his children ....
Or to NEVER EVER SPEAK OF AGAIN. Hard to guess...
-L
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"Yo no soy marinero / Soy capitan"
- Traditional Mexican Lyric (La Bamba)
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