Concentration Camp In Austria

Komorowski and Fischer to meet one year after ash cloud controversy

The office of Austrian President Heinz Fischer announced today (Fri) that the former Polish minister of defence will arrive for talks in Vienna on 13 July. The presidential office explained Komorowski was also set to meet Social Democratic (SPÖ) Chancellor Werner Faymann, and the SPÖ’s Barbara Prammer who is the incumbent president of the federal parliament in Vienna. The state visit will occur around one year after Komorowski’s predecessor Lech Kaczynski died in a plane crash. Fischer was widely criticised for failing to attend the politician’s funeral procession in April 2010. The Austrian president decided not to travel to Krakow due to the volcanic ash cloud that covered vast parts of Europe in spring and summer of last year. The Austrian president argued going there by car was "not an option" either since work regulations kept his chauffeur from driving 13 hours without interruption. Newspapers and some politicians hinted Fischer opted to stay in Austria to keep on the campaign trail since his bid to be re-elected for a second six-year term as president of the Republic of Austria was nearing. Fischer celebrated a landslide victory on 25 April 2010. He garnered nearly 80 per cent of the overall vote. His win was overshadowed by studies showing that one in two Austrians eligible to vote stayed away from the polling booths.

James Kennedy, U.S. Army 71st Infantry Division - Friends and ...

Like those of most World War II veterans, my experiences in the service changed me forever. I was part of the 564th Field Artillery Battalion, 71st Infantry Division, and served in a Headquarters Communications Battery through France, Germany, and Austria in 1945.

We saw combat under a variety of conditions, but the most horrible experience was liberating Gunskirchen Lager, a concentration camp in rural Austria.

Texas Native

I was from a family of nine children – six boys and three girls – living in North Central Texas in the town of Nocona in the 1940s.  My mother had four sons in a row; I was the fourth, born in Lubbock, Texas, on Feb. 27, 1925. My parents were farmers, but I was never exposed to anything mechanical closer than a mule harness.

By June 1943, I’d spent a year traveling after graduating from high school at age 17. I’d constructed Army camps all over Texas and had just returned from visiting relatives in California when I received my draft notice from the Army. Two of my older brothers had tried to enlist, but only one was accepted. Now it was my turn to serve.

In the summer of 1943 a nationwide polio epidemic paralyzed thousands of children and adults, and killed many others. I spent my first days in the Army at the reception center at Camp Wolters, in Mineral Wells, Texas. We weren’t permitted leave camp because of the danger of contracting polio.

I was there for only a few days but quickly learned my first lesson about the Army.  A sergeant came along and asked for volunteers without stating what they were going to do. I raised my hand, and ended up folding Army blankets in the supply room with no air conditioning in 100 degree weather.  I never volunteered again, except for troubleshooting phone lines.

Our first encampment was Fort Sill, Oklahoma, where I had my basic training.  I remember a buck sergeant named Tucker, who was responsible for making soldiers out of us. He was one tough son-of-a-gun. He took a bunch of fuzz-faced kids, some of whom had never been away from home, and by the time we finished boot camp several months later we were completely different people. One really light-haired kid from Michigan had never shaved in his life and got away with it for a month until the sergeant caught him and chewed him out so badly that he had this kid crying. After that, he shaved every day.

Sgt. Tucker did more to toughen us up than anyone else.

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