Greetings:
Thought I would share this site with those interested.
I found it a long time ago but rediscovered amongst my files.
About POW's
I found it very interesting.
Rense.com
Re: Rense.com
Moderator: Tom Houlihan
RENSE.COM
That sure is a strange site Annie! I got groggy just trying to follow one or two topics. Seems like a year's supply of the London Tabloids. It might turn out to be good material for a sentence say of an stock brokerage advisor who misrepresents market activities of his insiders. Like Grubman and the Sandford Weill caper. Sentence them to attend the nursey school at the 92nd Street "Y" and read the whole Rense site and report on it to the Forum. But this gives me an opportunity to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year! Paul
To those who served
Hello Paul:
Thankyou very much and I also wish you Merry Christmas and may next year bring many blessings.
The site is strange for sure but if you use the search there and put in
German POW's Diary Revelas Post War US Camp Horrors
it shall bring it up.
I would like to know what you think of the excerpt from the diary?
Kind regards
Annelie
ps. I have never before visited this site and its not my usual interest but I used google and that is how I found it :-)
Thankyou very much and I also wish you Merry Christmas and may next year bring many blessings.
The site is strange for sure but if you use the search there and put in
German POW's Diary Revelas Post War US Camp Horrors
it shall bring it up.
I would like to know what you think of the excerpt from the diary?
Kind regards
Annelie
ps. I have never before visited this site and its not my usual interest but I used google and that is how I found it :-)
Rense.com
I'll persist and see whether I can find the reference. Just to set the subject in a perspective: the Army did not use the combat troops to guard prisoners or to govern political subdivisions . The infantry turned prisoners over to rear area people (divisional or corp MP units who in turned turned them over to Military Government Units). Were the prisioners injured or in need of medical care, this was given, first by the medics in the company, then by people in the Medical Battalion at Regiment or sent back to the Medical Corp Hospitals which functioned at Army level. There was no provision at the Division level whether infantry or armor to house or provide for prisoners except for initial contact. As the end came of course infantry was used to round up strays and groups of soldiers milling around. There were some problems here because many of these efforts turned into fire fights. But this decreased rapidly after we got into Germany and ceased pretty much with the surrender.
However, the US Military Government was a strange outfit. I think I speak for most GIs in saying that. As I've posted before to the infantry these people were a joke. But that was a GI reaction to rear area people in general. Mil Gov had a lot of translaters, and political science types and considering the provincialism of the United States in the 40ies many of the people who ended up in Mil Govt were types who had more than, what shall I say, the bland political knowledge common to the average US citizen and I'm sure there was a lot of the misuse of that power at the Mil Govt level especially at first. This might be an angle you might follow in your research in stead of trying to fault the activities of combat units, even if some excess zeal was used it was spasmotic and episodic. The real problems were probably at the Mil Govt level. After all these guys had food, shelter, clothing , booze, money and most of all power and until George Patton started to curb this power and McCloy moved in as the High Commissioner it was probably touch and go. This might aid your research. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Years. Paul
However, the US Military Government was a strange outfit. I think I speak for most GIs in saying that. As I've posted before to the infantry these people were a joke. But that was a GI reaction to rear area people in general. Mil Gov had a lot of translaters, and political science types and considering the provincialism of the United States in the 40ies many of the people who ended up in Mil Govt were types who had more than, what shall I say, the bland political knowledge common to the average US citizen and I'm sure there was a lot of the misuse of that power at the Mil Govt level especially at first. This might be an angle you might follow in your research in stead of trying to fault the activities of combat units, even if some excess zeal was used it was spasmotic and episodic. The real problems were probably at the Mil Govt level. After all these guys had food, shelter, clothing , booze, money and most of all power and until George Patton started to curb this power and McCloy moved in as the High Commissioner it was probably touch and go. This might aid your research. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Years. Paul
To those who served
Hi Paul:
Yes, I would like an unbiased opinion.
My search was for an particular camp and not to find any
"This might be an angle you might follow in your research in stead of trying to fault the activities of combat units, even if some excess zeal was used it was spasmotic and episodic. The real problems were probably at the Mil Govt level"
fault of any combat units. What one finds when searching cannot be forseen but it would not be the first time I have read this.
As Sid as repeatedly stressed was taken into consideration and so I am interested in your opinion since "you did serve" and I feel I can rely on your word.
Kind regards
Annelie
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Yes, I would like an unbiased opinion.
My search was for an particular camp and not to find any
"This might be an angle you might follow in your research in stead of trying to fault the activities of combat units, even if some excess zeal was used it was spasmotic and episodic. The real problems were probably at the Mil Govt level"
fault of any combat units. What one finds when searching cannot be forseen but it would not be the first time I have read this.
As Sid as repeatedly stressed was taken into consideration and so I am interested in your opinion since "you did serve" and I feel I can rely on your word.
Kind regards
Annelie
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
