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That's Great Another Welshman!
Dear Russ, Price is an ancient Welsh name menaing son of (ap) Rhys. My family moved to Ireland at some point in the misty past and became "Irish." So evidently, the door swung both ways. According to family legends, after the failed Revolt of 1798, one of my great, great, great (and so on) uncles fled to Prussia and joined the Prussian Army to escape Roddy McCorlely's fate.
So I took those legends and used the descendant of that man as the german hero of my novel. If you ever get desperate for reading material or buy a parakeet I'll send you the first two chapter or the bombing raid over London chapter.
On a personal note, my Dad, who was in Chesty Puller's Marine regiment in WWII had nothing but respect and admiration for the Australian soldiers he met and your civilian population who helped nurse him back to health after being wounded twice while fighting the Japanese. VR, Scott
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