During WWII there was a POW Camp in Crossville,TN for German and other European captured troops, Mostly officers.
Several escaped, most were captured. (True)
One night 3 Germans escaped and wandered through the Cumberland Plataeu Woods. Early morning they came upon and elderly lady outside her cabin, and started talking to her in broken English. The elderly woman ran insdie and retrieved her shotgun and shot & killed one of the men.
Later that day the Sherriff came and asked what happened and the elderly woman told her story. The Sherriff told her that those men were from the POW Camp and they were Germans. The elderly woman said, "hell I thought they were Yankees, If I'd know they were Germans I wouldn't have shot."
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Several escaped, most were captured. (True)
One night 3 Germans escaped and wandered through the Cumberland Plataeu Woods. Early morning they came upon and elderly lady outside her cabin, and started talking to her in broken English. The elderly woman ran insdie and retrieved her shotgun and shot & killed one of the men.
Later that day the Sherriff came and asked what happened and the elderly woman told her story. The Sherriff told her that those men were from the POW Camp and they were Germans. The elderly woman said, "hell I thought they were Yankees, If I'd know they were Germans I wouldn't have shot."
Heartland Series, Channel 10 Knoxville WBIR-TV