Meanwhile, they defused a 2200 bomb in my city

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7. I lived in Germany 1965 to 1967

In Stahl, a little village outside of Bitburgh in what was then West Germany. My husband was in the USAF, stationed at Bitburgh. I recall that some kids playing in the river across the street found a hand granade in the water. They reported it but no big deal was made of it. USArmy came and took it away. It was a German hand granade. Being just 20 years after the war, it probably was quite dangerous. There were houses in the village that still had pock marks from bullets. Patton's army went through the area from what i read .

On weekends the thing to do was pack a picknic and go into the woods. It was called bunker hunting. Found one. Really weird to go into.

I was very young at the time. (Just 19). We used William Schrirers book Rise and Fall of the Third Reich as our travel guide. Really good history lesson. Ive been fascinated with the war ever since. I'm a huge .MOVIE buff and i PArticularlLY Like movies about the lives of ordinary PEOPLE who did extraordinary things. RIGHTEOUS AMONG THE NATIONS. My favorite German movie was Phoenix. There was one out a couple of years ago about aGernan soldier who had deserted calledThe Captain. It was atrue story.very disturbing about how someone became so brutal.

I cery much enjoyed my time there and i look forward to your posts about your life there. Thank you.