"Buel
has an interesting story to tell - he has been through a lot of excitement
since leaving August in '43. Most of it
centers around his capture by the Germans and subsequent stay of ten months in
a prison camp until the Russians came through.
Previous to the Red Army's arrival they had been deserted by the
Germans; so for 10 days they roamed the countryside on their own -- butchering
cows for steaks, etc. Then it was back
to America where he was quite impressed by the welcome -complete with jig
band-given their ship when it docked."
--Letter from my father, Boulder, Colo., to his
family, Bloomington, Kans., Saturday, November 17, 1945. Buel Robinson was a
high school classmate of my father.
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