Famous German Crete Veteran Dies
Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2005 7:39 pm
I've always admired Max Schmeling.
After his loss to Louis, he was sent into the FJs and, without even being trained to fire a rifle, he jumped into Crete, sustained a back injury, and was out of the war a short time later.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u ... chmeling_7
After his loss to Louis, he was sent into the FJs and, without even being trained to fire a rifle, he jumped into Crete, sustained a back injury, and was out of the war a short time later.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u ... chmeling_7