Posted on Oct 9, 2018
The Insane Life of This Holocaust Survivor and Special Forces Legend
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For most people, surviving the Holocaust in Nazi-occupied Europe would be the defining moment of their lives. Men like Maj. Gen. Sidney Shachnow aren’t most people. The Lithuanian-born Shachnow survived a forced labor camp and went on to join the U.S. Army, serve in Vietnam, and lead the Army Special Forces’ ultra-secret World War III would-be suicide mission in Berlin during the Cold War.
The Insane Life of This Holocaust Survivor and Special Forces Legend
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We had a field first sergeant when I was in Vietnam who was a member in Hiller's youth army. He would take milk cartons with him when we went back to the bush. The milk clabered which he had acquired a taste for in post WWII Germany. He told us he was starving and woiud eat out of garbage cans on US bases. He was killed on 20 June 1969 on LZ Mustang.
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There were a number of people who survived camps and then went on to join the US or UK forces. I have great admiration for all of them.
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