Koos came forward and saluted the older man "Good day sir, my name is..." Koos recognized him "Fucksakes is that you Corporal Croné!?"
"De La Rey!? De fok they made you a general for!?" He looked at Frits "Loots! You too? What you two married or what? To be together all this fokkin time!?" Bertus yelled making the men laugh.
"You know each other?" Piet asked.
"He was our corporal for 1 SAI" Koos said turning back to Bertus "We might have awol'd slightly sir, but we have a good reason, were on a Recce mission" Koos said making up a story.
"Recce? So you three made it hey?"
"Sorry dad, not me, they said I was too ill minded" Piet said and Bertus laughed looking at Koos.
"He got that from me! He just uses the landmine to better his excuse, Piet was a crazy fokker even before that mine nearly killed him"
"That true Piet?" Koos asked.