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RE: [RC] [RC] your take on aladinn - heidiActually I believe we were "asked" byt the stud to "save them" from being stolen. Laurie, you are correct. I just sent the following reply to Barbara, re her post: I'm not showing any favoritism here. Yes, Americans stole them from the Germans who stole them from the Poles. Well, no, not the group that General Patton rescued. The Poles made considerable effort and traveled many miles in great danger to deliver the group that contained *Witez II to the American army under General Patton because they had heard he was a horseman, and they knew full well that the Russians that were coming in on the front lines were apt to eat them. The Poles had no way to maintain the group (no feed, no money, etc.) and just wanted them to survive the war. They had managed to keep them out of German hands as well, which was no small feat--the Germans at that point in the war would likely have eaten them as well, or at least shot them so no one else would have them. This was indeed a rescue effort, plain and simple. I'm sure the American army needed to nursemaid a bunch of half-starved horses like they needed a case of the plague, but they did indeed take them in and do just that. Heidi =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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