To the editor:
I don't know Mr. Rota. but I believe he did right by apologizing for not understanding the convoluted loyalties of WW11 when many men fought for more than one side.
I also don't know Mr. Hunka but in the 1960s I worked with several Ukrainian, Latvian, and Polish men with similar stories.
One Latvian told of being captured and forced to fight with Russians. He surrendered to Germans who, learning he was a pilot trusted him to fly for them. He said he landed on an allied base, surrendered to Canadians, and flew in the RCAF.
When the war ended he came to Canada with his unit, became a citizen and had his Canadian discharge papers, framed on his wall.
He was glad to explain how he had to fight under four flags to stay alive and help his family immigrate to Canada.
Lloyd Yeates
North Bay
