Because of the human detail, the realities, a duty to the person behind the orders. And being reminded of that moment decades later, the sadness and the waste.
These shot themselves in the foot, they allowed the captain and record goal scorer a free header, then tried to up their game and press like maniacs only to leave the garden gate off the latch and found themselves two nil down and out of ideas...
Berlin was a really cool place. The allied powers (France, US, Russians and Brits) took turns guarding him 1 month at a time. I did one month at Spandau. He died about 6 months later and they were worried that Spandau would become a shrine to...
Berlin, Spandau Prison 1986. I was doing guard detail. He was gardening. We were told not to speak with him, but as I was walking past he said something to me in German, I didn’t understand him at the time but it was something about flowers.
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