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Escape and Evasion files at the National Archives
Escape and evasion files are firsthand accounts of a military personnel’s escape from behind enemy lines. In World War II, thousands of U.S. troops crashed in Nazi territory and had to evade capture or escape from German prisons. The National Archives recently digitized 2,953 firsthand accounts of escape and evasion during the war. Each account [...]
Posted by Rob Crotty on September 29, 2010, under - World War II.
Tags: 2nd Lt. Jack E. Ryan, 2nd Lt. John Dunbar, 2nd Lt. Robert Laux, 2nd Lt. Wayne Rader, air force, american history, army, Capt. Edgar Williams, escape, Eugene Squier, Francis Murphy, Jin Clark, Lt. Col George Stalnaker, Lt. Philemon Wright, Maj. Donald Willis, NARA, national archives, National archives and records administration, odd history, Pieces of History, prologue blog, Prologue magazine, random history, Richard Smith, Sgt Elton Kevil, Sgt. Abe Helfgott, Sgt. Richard C. Hamilton, Sgt. Rudolph Cutino, Sgt. Thomas Glennan, Sgt. William Davidson, Stanley Miller, weird US history, William Howell, World War II, WWII
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Facial Hair Friday: Daring escapes from Nazi prisons!
In honor of Bastille Day earlier this week, we present a French “moustache.” This moustache decorates the face of General Giraud, here seen out walking in the gardens of the cliffside fortress Konigstein, where he was held as a POW by the Germans. He was captured in May of 1940 and escaped two years later. [...]
Posted by Hilary on July 16, 2010, under Facial Hair Fridays.
Tags: escape, General Giraud, Konigstein, moustache, mustache, POW, prison, World War II
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