If you have access to a machine with the . NET Framework on it why don't you use svcutil to generate a proxy/config settings for him and send it to him?
I have tested the HelloWorld. Wsdl supplied in the link with the . NET version of Remobjects (http://www.remobjects.com) and it seemed to work fine.
I don't have an actual service to test this with but I would suggest that you (or the client :) ) download it and give it a try.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.