Thought I'd post a family picture/story from WWII, although not combat like the rest. Below is a picture of my great aunts and uncles in 1943, during Nazi occupation. My great-great grandfather (who I'll refer to as Kaj) was a member of the Danish resistance, and the family hid Jewish families and German defectors, amongst other activities. When Kaj was caught hiding a German soldier, he was sent to work in labour camps building pill boxes on the coast of Denmark. Still an active member of the resistance, they added all sorts of corrosives and disolvents to the concrete mixes in order to weaken them. Unfortunately, they were caught and Kaj was sent to Bergen-Belsen in northern Germany.
My great uncle Christian, pictured on the left top row (second tallest), decided he would take his brothers and sisters out to have a photograph taken - to send to Kaj in the concentration camp. This photo unfortunately hasn't fared well with time, especially when I scanned it, but Christian managed to get a German Luger (he never told me how, might have been from one of the defectors, might have stolen it from a German soldier), and tucked it in his belt for this photo - to show his father that he was taking care of business back home.
Kaj managed to survive, and returned to Denmark after the war. The Luger is still in family possession, however I completely forgot to snap a pic of it. Wish Canada's gun laws weren't so strict, the family isn't really fond of keeping it, and I wouldn't be allowed to import it (to my knowledge).
My great uncle Christian, pictured on the left top row (second tallest), decided he would take his brothers and sisters out to have a photograph taken - to send to Kaj in the concentration camp. This photo unfortunately hasn't fared well with time, especially when I scanned it, but Christian managed to get a German Luger (he never told me how, might have been from one of the defectors, might have stolen it from a German soldier), and tucked it in his belt for this photo - to show his father that he was taking care of business back home.
Kaj managed to survive, and returned to Denmark after the war. The Luger is still in family possession, however I completely forgot to snap a pic of it. Wish Canada's gun laws weren't so strict, the family isn't really fond of keeping it, and I wouldn't be allowed to import it (to my knowledge).
It's to bad about the Luger 
