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Originally Posted by barkhorn45
I find this somewhat interesting.That sailor got a medal for shooting an unarmed german sailor for refusing to re-enter a sinking ship?
If the situation was reversed and a german shot a canadian in the same way he'd be called a war criminal and a fanatic nazi.
I guess all's fair in love and war,as long as you win the war!
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I would agree, these actions certainly don't warrant medals and not to throw politics at it, but one must understand...
The allies won the war and history is written by the and always sided with the winners.