Near Esschen, Belgium, Private Richard Joy of Winnipeg and Private Lou Cervo of Vancouver started out to look for battle souvenirs. Soon they met a German.
Said "Shorty" Joy, whose age is 20 and whose height is 5 ft. 4: "I walked up to him toughlike, and I said, 'Mop oop!' I don't know German and I figured that might sound like 'Get up!' . . . The Jerry put down his gun and gave up. Then I looked across a field and there were six Jerries looking at us from a trench. ... I walked over shouting 'Oop mop!'...
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