>>3223681I have a story for you Danish anon.
Mein great grandfather was born in Haslev, Zealand, Denmark in 1892. He moved to America in 1910 on a cargo ship and got free passage due to steerage and cleaned up animal shit the whole 2 1/2 months. He landed on Ellis Island, New York and originally was an immigrant to the US but due to inviting land grants at the time he ended up moving to Canada and was given a free farm and large tract of land in Manitoba on the condition he make it productive.
Flash forward 7 years, >1917, WW1 is raging overseas, he got drafted into the Royal Canadian Forces, into the Manitoba Regiment. He served as infantry, as part of a machine gun team. He was gassed just 6 months after going to the front, spent 10 months in a hospital in England before shipping home, doctors told him he would die before he turned 40 due to lung problems caused by the Krauts gas. He moved to Alberta after he got back and had 8 children. He carried a small pocket bible with him everywhere, he had carried since he left Denmark, it was completely in Danish. He had even carried through the western front, he snuck it in with his other gear. When ever he thought he was going to die, whether from shells, the flying bullets, the charging Germans storming his trench, or from the gas clouds that killed and scarred many of his friends in his regiment. He would say a prayer in Danish on that little bible, and he felt it helped him survive. Machine gun crews were the first to be targeted when charging an enemy trench. He ended up living to 93 years old, he was one of the nicest people I have ever known. My uncle still has the little bible, it's over 120 years old now. I think Denmark is an awesome country, because of my great grandfather and also because of its ancient history.
