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To: SAMWolf
My Great Uncle was in the 34th, and was captured at Anzio. He spent the remainder of the war in a POW camp in Germany.

He won't talk about it much, but the newspaper articles from when he came back are very interesting. He suffers from a limp from injuries that were not properly treated. He also told of eating thin broth, and one potato per day. The regular German soldiers would sneak chickens to them when the Nazi officers weren't around.

They finally "escaped", and walked for several days before running into American troops...and finding out the war was over!

89 posted on 01/23/2003 10:39:39 PM PST by garandgal
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To: garandgal
Thanks for sharing about your Great Uncle. I thank him for his service and sacrifice for our Country.
92 posted on 01/24/2003 5:45:27 AM PST by SAMWolf (To look into the eyes of the wolf is to see your soul)
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