Through a Mirror DimlyArnold Schlaich was a United States Army veteran of World War II. As a member of the 3rd Armored Division, he had seen the remains of uncounted thousands of human beings. He had participated in the killing of some of those. It was not something he thought he should talk about or be proud of. "I have never had much to say, this you know, the war left a deep mark but I would not have wished anything different. I wanted to get in but really I am no hero,