Press Gallery: Savings account of sentimental value  I had to
say goodbye to an old savings account recently.  I usually don't
get sentimental over bank accounts, but this one was special.
This one had its beginnings in World War II battles between
German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps and British
forces under Gen. Bernard Montgomery in the sands of North
African deserts.  Forgive me for using the "flashback" technique
so popular in movies and TV shows, but that's the best way to
tell the story of how my bank account got started.  In 1942,
18-year-old draftee Hans Weiss was serving in the German army in
North Africa under Rommel when he was captured by British
forces. At the time, there wasn't enough room in Great Britain
to hold many prisoners of war so Weiss was turned over to
Americans. Weiss was then shipped across the Atlantic and to a
prisoner of war camp in North Louisiana. He spent about six
months in the camp, picking cotton in the fields outside during
the day and attending classes taught