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Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler incident
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This story shows that there are good men on both sides of bad war.
Luftwaffe ace Franz Stigler saved the life of Charlie Brown's rookie bomber crew. The two later had an emotional reuniting in the 90's
This is their story...
“You are fighter pilots first, last, always. If I ever hear of any of you shooting at someone in a parachute, I'll shoot you myself."
Gave me a laugh.
It's beautiful how the best soldiers often happen to be the most humane and honourable, not hating their enemies but seeing them as fellow human beings thrust into conflict.