Interview with Roy Wilhelm, December 24, 1992
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'''Roy''': That's right. But the rest of them, they didn't get it that he swam the Rhine and was a deserter. He worked his way over on a freighter. Maybe if he was on the docks when the German army, I don't suppose he'd wear a sign around on his back saying, "I'm the old boy that deserted the army and swam the Rhine river with a razor and a knapsack full of bread and I've got me a job now and I'm goin' to the States." | '''Roy''': That's right. But the rest of them, they didn't get it that he swam the Rhine and was a deserter. He worked his way over on a freighter. Maybe if he was on the docks when the German army, I don't suppose he'd wear a sign around on his back saying, "I'm the old boy that deserted the army and swam the Rhine river with a razor and a knapsack full of bread and I've got me a job now and I'm goin' to the States." | ||
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'''John''': Now is there a generation between [[John Andrew Williams (Johann Andreas Wilhelm)|John A. Wilhelm]] and [[Bateman Haight Wilhelm|B.H.]]? | '''John''': Now is there a generation between [[John Andrew Williams (Johann Andreas Wilhelm)|John A. Wilhelm]] and [[Bateman Haight Wilhelm|B.H.]]? | ||
