re: WWII: Would You Choose the Pacific or Europe?

My dad tells the story his dad told him. One of only a few WW2 stories told.
My grandpa was in Europe in a small town. Entered a farm house and in the stair well he met a German soldier. Hand to hand killed the German with his knife.

I remember watching Saving Private Ryan the first time and being taken back to the story of my Grandpa when the US Soldier was caught in the stairwell and had to kill the German soldier with his knife. Right then I pictured my Grandpa.