“Un juif,”

Jones returned shortly withthe Padre, who bent down and checked Burnett’s identity disks. “Un juif,” he declared and said he would not bury a jew.  Jones saw his men were both tired and angry, even though most were French-Canadian and, like the padre, Roman Catholic.  A dark rage descended on him. Drawing his revolver, Jones pointed it at the priest’s chest.  “Padre, you bury him or we’ll bury you,” he snapped.  The padre quickly got down to business.

To cut the story short Jones got promoted and the padre was not seen again.  I wonder if a Muslim padre has ever buried a Jewish soldier?

from the LIRI Valley

Canada’s WWII breakthrough to Rome.

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Mark Zuehlke

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