>>109108Having met and recorded many stories of these veterans, SS and non-SS Fallschirmjäger, the only thing i noticed was that they always died between the age of
>95-107>Never got senile or forgetful>Suddenly died one day in their sleepSo i assume their lifestyle in war kept their brains pretty healthy.
My paternal grandfather was with the 1. SS-Division "LAH" and he died at age 97 but unlike the Fallschirmjäger he suffered from Bone-pain (Osteoporosis) and Angina Pectoris (Heart issues).
The heart issues make sense, in fact, when i went through the documents he saved i noticed that it wans't super uncommon for 1. SS LAH frontline soldiers to suffer a heart attack or other issues on the Eastern Front.
>pic related: His Truck during the Invasion of France in 1940 when he was part of the SS-VT (Verfügungstruppe) of the Totenkopf-Division.Transfered to the 1. SS-Div "LAH" after France when the LAH was stationed in the town of Metz in Alsace-Lorraine. (Hence my interest in Metz-related items)
