A terrific story of humanity and chivalry during horrific times

[2G]

We can all learn much about life from this:

https://www.cnn.com/2013/03/09/living/higher-call-military-chivalry/index.html

[Charlie M. (UH & 002 owner/pilot)]

On Saturday, March 27, 2021 at 11:18:40 PM UTC-4, 2G wrote:
> We can all learn much about life from this:
>
> https://www.cnn.com/2013/03/09/living/higher-call-military-chivalry/index.html
Cool read.....a bit of humanity in a war.

[Moshe Braner]

On 3/28/2021 6:06 AM, Charlie M. (UH & 002 owner/pilot) wrote:
> On Saturday, March 27, 2021 at 11:18:40 PM UTC-4, 2G wrote:
>> We can all learn much about life from this:
>>
>> https://www.cnn.com/2013/03/09/living/higher-call-military-chivalry/index.html
> Cool read.....a bit of humanity in a war.

Then there is the famous "Christmas truce" of WW1.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_Truce

Described in a song:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_in_the_Trenches

and an award-winning movie:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyeux_No%C3%ABl

Of course "The film was originally rated R in the USA. However, after
Ebert criticised the rating, the MPAA officially changed the rating to
PG-13". Can't get the wrong ideas into young peoples' heads.

[Tom BravoMike]

On Saturday, March 27, 2021 at 10:18:40 PM UTC-5, 2G wrote:
> We can all learn much about life from this:
>
> https://www.cnn.com/2013/03/09/living/higher-call-military-chivalry/index..html

There were actually (and luckily) more war aviation stories like that. Read this about Stanislaw Skalski, a Polish ace, right on the first day of WW2:

"On 1 September 1939 he attacked a German Henschel Hs 126 reconnaissance aircraft, which was eventually shot down by Marian Pisarek. Skalski then landed next to it, helped to bandage wounded crew members and arranged for them to be taken to a military hospital." It is said he also saved the Germans to be lynched by local Polish farmers. Which, BTW, did not prevent him from shooting down several other Nazi war planes in the next few days ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanis%C5%82aw_Skalski