March 24, 2009 

ixty five years ago today, 76 brave airmen who were imprisoned in Stalag Luft III during World War II staged an escape from it. 

Why am I putting this comment on a homesteading site? Well, I feel that this true story shows what lengths and the ingenuity that people have to accomplish anything they put their mind to. These men utilized 4,000 bed boards, not to mention the complete disappearance of 90 beds, 52 tables, 34 chairs, 10 single tables, 76 benches, 1,219 knives, 478 spoons, 582 forks, 69 lamps, 246 water cans, 30 shovels, 1,000 feet of electric wire, 600 feet of rope, 3,424 towels, 1,700 blankets, along with more than 1,400 milk tins to build three tunnels for escaping Stalag Luft III.

I am dedicating this daily blog to these men and their part in history.