A legend has passed away RIP Otto

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Yesterday on 24 of January 2015 one of the last aces of Wehrmacht passed away, the panzer ace Otto Carius. :( He was respected both by his country and soldiers and also by the enemy side, and before someone claim he made war crimes or any other fantasies: He was tried for war crimes by the allieds but was freed due to he hadnt done anything wrong and was a first class soldier with over 150 tank kills with his Tiger tank. He started although with the Panzer T38. The second highest scoring tank ace of all time.
After the war he started and operated his own pharmacy to help people so stop with all germans are evil statements here ;)  He named the store Tiger :)

I recommend reading his book to see how it was really to be fighting on the German side and how it was to live there after ww2 and be in the POW camps the allied had set up, which was a challenge in itself. Can say he was loyal and honest in everything and awarded for his dedication for his country.

I have been lucky to talk and write to him and surprised me with sending this to me:
Otto Carius by warrior1944
I will always carry it with me and try to be as loyal and honest and hardworking as you was, you will be missed by many.
Some years ago he was invited to Bovington tank museum and had a go in the tiger tank and his death was also spoken about at that tank museum.

Fitting song for one of the last people from that era to pass away:




Other news in my life:
Is doing hardwork at my new job and getting used to work there, although a lot is similar to what I have done in the past, there are some new things and challenges to overcome and I will do my best to overcome those and get back to how I was like in the past, best of the best :) But I better focus more on it and give more hardwork.
But so far my boss and colleges like my honesty and loyalty, never been late or sick and always done my job.
Loyal to the end is my motto.

Have now for the most part solved some of my friends problems, most friends who I know remains but with my best friend I will have to accept times has changed and I can no longer trust on this friends support as I have in the past and vice versa, have grown away from me and rarely hear anything anymore nor keeps your promises anymore :/
I will have to seek for a new best friend unless I hear one day a good explanation, at the moment it feels I´m the only one who is there and try to keep contact and stay in touch, but you will always be my friend, but I have realised more as a normal friend now, as loyal as I´m to a fault.

Oh: What is wrong with the world: All women I know from my school and most work relatives I know are getting babies in a big hurry O_o Why such a rush to get kids suddenly when you enter your 20s?
Heck I´m a soldier and a child at heart so I have no such desires and want to make all my dreams come true first and have a budget and live close to a good high school and university before I even think about kids xD Also babies are ugly fat tiny little things and pukes everywhere, no thanks.
© 2015 - 2024 warrior1944
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ChristoMan's avatar
:( very sad, he lived a good life. Something I can't say about many people that fought during that war.