Those apples are too sour to eat, but these pears are perfect :)
Summary
The journey to Buchenwald has fatally weakened Eliezer’s father. On arrival, he sits in the snow and refuses to move. He seems at last to have given in to death. Eliezer tries to convince him to move, but he will not or cannot, asking only to be allowed to rest. When an air raid alert drives everyone into the barracks, Eliezer leaves his father and falls deeply asleep. In the morning, he begins to search for his father, but halfheartedly. Part of him thinks that he will be better off if he abandons his father and conserves his strength. Almost accidentally, however, he finds his father, who is very sick and unable to move. Eliezer brings him soup and coffee. Again, however, Eliezer feels deep guilt, because part of him would rather keep the food for himself, to increase his own chance of survival.
If the underlined part was stars and stripes, that's true. The first flag adopted in 1777 was called the stars and stripes. I've never been able to figure out exactly how long the revolutionary war lasted. If 1783 was the end point, then that part dealing with the revolutionary war is also true.