Devils With Wings
“At this time the Division was only two Battalions strong. Paul got off the Deutches Reichsbahn train with his single kit bag, holding his personal effects and other elements of his Luftwaffe uniform, and looked for the assembly point.
The local band were happily playing the Kadetten Marsch, the Cadets March, obviously welcoming them to their temporary new home.
There was doubtless more than a hundred young men milling around the station, wearing a variety of uniforms, mostly air force, but also... including a sprinkling of uniforms from the Army and some even in civilian clothes. Many looking as equally lost as he felt. Some looked even younger than Paul’s twenty years of age.
It was obvious they were all heading for the same place as him, Stendal-Borstal, the home of the Parachute training depot, the home of the Fallschirmjager, and home of the ‘Green Devils’.
He had seen a pamphlet, the air force wanted volunteers for parachute training. It sounded like a good idea at the time, but perhaps also a good way to commit suicide.MoreLess
The local band were happily playing the Kadetten Marsch, the Cadets March, obviously welcoming them to their temporary new home.
There was doubtless more than a hundred young men milling around the station, wearing a variety of uniforms, mostly air force, but also... including a sprinkling of uniforms from the Army and some even in civilian clothes. Many looking as equally lost as he felt. Some looked even younger than Paul’s twenty years of age.
It was obvious they were all heading for the same place as him, Stendal-Borstal, the home of the Parachute training depot, the home of the Fallschirmjager, and home of the ‘Green Devils’.
He had seen a pamphlet, the air force wanted volunteers for parachute training. It sounded like a good idea at the time, but perhaps also a good way to commit suicide.MoreLess
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