Playing With the Enemy
“What I’m asking sir … well, let me put it this way. These German prisoners, they’re going as crazy as we are. Because of their unusual status, sir, their loved ones think they are already dead. They get no mail, can send no mail and have no access to the Red Cross. …I think the longer they sit around behind that fence, the more time they have to figure out how to escape, and they more bitter they become. … We’d like to teach them to play baseball. You know, give us something to do, and give them something to do. It’ll be great for our morale and it won’t hurt theirs either.”
