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I realize this doesn't have anything to do with Milsurp firearms, but I figured that the people in this forum would find it interesting.

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I think there is a book going to be published about his story.

very interesting!


Talking about normandy.Heinrich Sevarloh was a 19 year old german machine gunner at omaha beach.His first day of combat was june 6th.He probably killed at least 1000 americans that morning.He fired all his ammo 16000 rounds in 5 hours through his MG42.He left the bunker after he ran out of ammo and was captured 2 days later.He was called the "beast of omaha" but it wasn't known to be him until the 50th anniversary of D-day when he made his first trip back to normandy since 1944.He never mentioned anything , even to his family for 50 years!
He wrote a book in german about his experiences after called "WN62" or bunker 62.
 
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Good ol' Wikipedia...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Severloh



superbee said:
I think there is a book going to be published about his story.

very interesting!


Talking about normandy.Heinrich Sevarloh was a 19 year old german machine gunner at omaha beach.His first day of combat was july 6th.He probably killed at least 1000 americans that morning.He fired all his ammo 16000 rounds in 5 hours through his MG42.He left the bunker after he ran out of ammo and was captured 2 days later.He was called the "beast of omaha" but it wasn't known to be him until the 50th anniversary of D-day when he made his first trip back to normandy since 1944.He never mentioned anything , even to his family for 50 years!
He wrote a book in german about his experiences after called "WN62" or bunker 62.
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I worked with a guy whose grandfather was conscripted by the germans to fight, then was captured by the russians and fought for them. I always told him that would make a great movie.
 
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