TIL that American children's author Eric Carle was born in NY, but his family unluckily moved back to Germany before WWII. His father was drafted and teenage Carle was conscripted to dig trenches. After the war, he moved back to the US, only to be drafted into the US army, and stationed in Germany!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Carle#Early_life,_family,_and_education
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"I fought in Europe for world war II."
"For the Germans or the Americans?"
"Yes."
"For the Germans or the Americans?"
"Yes."
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