Great story. I had a great uncle who told me about the Calvados in Normandy and how they wanted to get it fast so they shot a hole in the barrel and put a bucket underneath. He also told me how they were in Pilsen when the war ended and captured a warehouse full of schnapps, wine, beer, etc. "We had a good time in Pilsen Czechoslovakia"!
He was in the Battle of the Bulge, told me the tail of his coat got shot up. He wouldn't say much about that sort of stuff. His medical training saved his life his first day back in the coal mines.
