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John Sabato · 09-08-2005, 12:29 PM

Gerben,

I can't help with your request, perhaps someone else can... but I have a Kesselring story for you...

in the mid 1980's, while part of an Army Inspector General team, I inspected a communications facility managed by a civilian whose office was decorated with WW2 memorabilia... on his desk, next to his regular telephone, was an antique phone of a type I had never seen before but looked European in design...

After asking if I could examine it, he claimed that he had personally removed this phone from the Field Marshall Kesselring's desk after the end of the battle for Montecassino...

Now I don't know if his story was true or not, but at the time I was duly impressed...

09-08-2005, 12:29 PM	#2
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,156 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,308 Times in 1,098 Posts	Gerben, I can't help with your request, perhaps someone else can... but I have a Kesselring story for you... in the mid 1980's, while part of an Army Inspector General team, I inspected a communications facility managed by a civilian whose office was decorated with WW2 memorabilia... on his desk, next to his regular telephone, was an antique phone of a type I had never seen before but looked European in design... After asking if I could examine it, he claimed that he had personally removed this phone from the Field Marshall Kesselring's desk after the end of the battle for Montecassino... Now I don't know if his story was true or not, but at the time I was duly impressed... __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*