[Note: this joke is better told than read]

As Veteran's Day approached, a Minnesota pastor decided it would be a good idea to have members of his congregation speak about their wartime activities. After a little research, he discovered that one of his parishioners was a fighter pilot for Norway. He asked the man to speak to the congregation, and the old pilot reluctantly agreed.

After starting slowly, the old flyer warmed to the task.

"Ja, I vas a Norvegian fighter pilot during de var. I remember von time, der I vas, flying along and I saw dis Fokker on my left. Den I saw another Fokker on my right, and suddenly der vas another Fokker above me."

The pastor nervously interrupted, "Perhaps I should point out that the Fokker Corporation made many of the planes that the German Luftwaffe flew during the war."

"Ja, das true," replied the pilot, "but dese Fokkers was in Messerschmitts!"