My father told me about finding the negatives with the Walther p38.
He said he did not take the Walther p38 because he did not have the paperwork to bring it home and was told his duffel bag would be searched before boarding the troop ship back to the States.
When he was about to board the ship, the command was: "Open duffel bag, close duffel bag", so they never did search for any contraband.
Too bad I lost the best negative of Hitler's Eagle Nest in the April 1984 flood along with a picture postcard of my granduncle in his WWI uniform, Pfc. Calvin H. Wetzel-20619 (1889-1959), 310 Ambulance Co., 78th Div. and 303rd Sanitation train. Engagements; St. Mihiel Offensive Sept. 22 -16, 1918 and Meuse - Argonne, Nov. 1918.
My thanks to Volker Lobner of Frankfurt, Germany for his help with the negatives.
Last edited by C. Wetzel-20609; 07/19/2023 04:21 PM. Reason: added Hitler's.
