At the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, located in San Antonio, Texas, is a small section containing the remains of World War II Prisoners of War. These were Germans and Italians captured by the United States during World War II. They died before the war ended. Not all of them are there, just the ones whose families never claimed their remains. We were told where they were located and went to see them. We were told, wrongly, that they had swastikas engraved on their tombstones. We found a section that contain 141 German and Italian POWs. There were 7 rows with 20 in each, and a last row with only one grave. Here are a couple of pictures:
The picture below is a little closer view:
A pastor was the one that told us this little known history tidbit about the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery. Although I have a vague memory of having heard it before. He also said that there were some Japanese POWs from World War II also. But we didn’t know where to look for them.
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My cat takes after me. We both have a container fetish. Only he likes to be in his containers. I left his basket for just a few minutes and he took it over. Slept in her for hours!
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When I first caught this guy up here, he looked like he was considering sliding down the banister.
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This week, I found this article: US christens ‘9/11 steel’ warship. The USS New York is a warship built partly from steel salvaged from the World Trade Center. Seven and one half tons of steel taken from Ground Zero were used in the bow of the ship. The ship bears a shield with two bars to symbolize the towers and a banner with the slogan Never Forget.
The ship was named in Louisiana recently and will be commissioned next year.
Now for my question: Why is it that the first news I hear of this is from the BBC? Why would this not have been in the mainstream press in our own country?
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Remember the Oak Tree from January? I found some shots from when that house was on the market that show the trees before they were destroyed. I didn’t take these shots myself, but wanted to show how the trees looked. All the trees you see in these photos are gone. Wonder if they owner will ever realize how much the property value has been reduced?
(if you click on any one of them, you can see a larger image)
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