Gruessgott Herr Enfield in Wien! Mein Opa der im Krieg in Finland war kommt auch aus Oesterreich. Aber jetzt mal auf Englisch sonnst versteht keiner mehr was... My aunt was also in the H.J. but says she doesn't remember much other than that she always liked the marching, that was fun. Concerning WWI, I'd argue it was a miracle for anyone that survived that war with their life, much less their mind, intact. Some would argue those that were killed early were the lucky ones. One of my uncles also fought the war at a very young age. He wanted to be a pilot so he lied about his age in 1939, and joined the Luftwaffe. Much to his disappointment, they stuck him in a Panzerkorps, and he spent the rest of the war in a tank. He was captured several times but escaped each time and went back to the front. He finally became a pilot in his later years, and flew gliders. The only other person I know of that was in WWII in our family was Onkel Herman, who visited home shortly before the war ended, saying he was sick of it and was considering deserting. He went back to the Ostfront, and was never heard from again. One of his fellow soldiers returned saying he'd lost his radio and was supposed to have been shot for the offense. This order was most likely carried out, his body never returned home. He is memorialized on the headstone of his mother and father in Hannover. --- Thomas.
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