American Ex-Prisoners of War Guestbook

Entries for the year 2000

Name: Ivan Finkle
Hometown: Hartford, CT
POW Camp Stalags Luft 6, 4, 1
Sent: 2.07 - 12/31 2000
Always happy to hear from former Kreigies with whom I served. How did life treat you after Liberation? Can't help thinking of the fellows with whom we shared unforgettable expierences.

Name: Joe Stanford Butcher
Hometown: Houston
POW Camp Shinagowa
Sent: 12.28 - 12/31 2000
I'm looking for anyone who served with my gradfather. His name was Orville R. Stanford. 83rd infantry Engineer corp. Captured in Leyte in May 1942. Spent 3 yrs 3 months at Shinagowa as sr POW.
Thank You in advance.
Best Regards
Joe Stanfor Butcher

Name: sam mastrogiacomo
Hometown: sewell nj
POW Camp danish police
Sent: 10.44 - 12/30 2000
correction: escaped from denmark

Name: Norman L Veron
Homepage: http://3500 Lancaster Dr.
Hometown: New Albany IN.
POW Camp 111B Work Camp No.1
Sent: 10.05 - 12/30 2000
I was in Reg Headquarters 168 Infantry 34 Divison.I was taken prisoner at Faid pass North Africa I was in work camp No 1

Name: sam mastrogiacomo
Hometown: sewell nj
POW Camp sweden
Sent: 9.58 - 12/30 2000
eighth air force, 445th bg/702nd sqn, based in
england. crashed landed in sweden, apr 9, 1944,
interned for six months.

Name: charlene
Hometown: Arlington, TX
Sent: 9.45 - 12/28 2000
My father was an expow! I live in Arlington and everytime he visits we always go the the National Headquarter in Grand Prairie. I am also friends with employee, Clydie Morgan, and have met the rest of her family who also work there!!

Name: George Meuse
POW Camp Luft 1
Sent: 5.26 - 12/27 2000
Keep up the good work

Name: Joseph P. Stomiany
Homepage: http://14948 Templar Dr.
Hometown: LA Mirada, CA 90638
POW Camp Stalag Luft III
Sent: 8.53 - 12/26 2000
I HAVE SEVERAL BOOKS FROM POW CAMPS AND MAY BE ABLE TO FIND SOME PEOPLE THAT WERE IN THE CAMPS. STALAG LUFT III SOUTH CAMP & WEST CAMP. IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE, PLEASE SEND AN EMAIL. stomiany@aol.com

Name: dana e morse
Homepage: http://10136 bryant road
Hometown: lithia, fl 33547
POW Camp 17d and 9c
Sent: 10.18 - 12/24 2000
I was shot down over Berlin on March 6, 1944 and POW
till May 1945.

Name: thompson, w.c.
POW Camp stalag 9B Bad Orb, Germany
Sent: 8.46 - 12/23 2000
Would like to receive pics or sketches of Stalag 9b. Someone there had made a dozen sketches depicting the kitchen, the latrine, the huts and many of the guards and inmates. I can't remember his name or home town but a copy may be packed away somewhere in some one's attic.

Name: Alvin A. Clouse
Hometown: Cookeville, TN
Sent: 8.56 - 12/22 2000
EXCELLENT!! Although I'm not a ex-POW I am glad to see sites like your's that helps people to remember. I was in the Navy for 20 years but was never in combat. I came close to going to the gulf but it ended before I got on the plane. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.

Name: Raymond H. Medina
Homepage: http://9741 SW 194 Circle
Hometown: Dunnellon, FL 34432
POW Camp Camp #2 , Korea
Sent: 11.46 - 12/22 2000
CONGRATULATIONS ! It's a great web site. It demonstrates that we are still alive, and a force to be reckoned with. Keep sending out the message.
And to all my fellow PATRIOTS -- MAY PEACE AND HAPPINESS DWELL WITHIN YOU THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.

Name: Jack V. Bloom
Homepage: http://252 Aylesboro Ave.
Hometown: Boardman,Ohio 44512
POW Camp Stalag IV B
Sent: 6.37 - 12/21 2000
Keep up the good work.

Name: Jamie Thaler
Hometown: Youngstown,NY
Sent: 11.50 - 12/20 2000
I am the daughter of Robert E. Thaler jr. The reason I was in this website was because i was cheking on what the ex-prisioners of war medal was.I was interested in it for my father because he was a POW from Vietnam and i think he deserves a whole lot of medals for being there and doing what he did. PTSD has a major effect on POW and my father is one of many who has it.

Name: Ray Toczek
Hometown: Chicago
Sent: 8.28 - 12/20 2000
Every VA Regional Office has a POW Coordinator and also every VA hospital. I suggest you list us by name, site, e-mail address and telephone number. I have been the POW Coordinator for the Chicago Regional Office for 18 years so most POW's in Illinois know me and how to reach me.It might be different in other states. This would be an excellent update to your home page.

Name: Kraig Rice
Homepage: http://www.egroups.com/messages/Friends_of_US_2nd_Infantry_Division_WWII
Hometown: Lodi, Calif.
Sent: 11.00 - 12/17 2000
Seeking info on all American POW's from the U.S. SECOND INFANTRY DIVISION (world war 2 only).
I host a message board type of website at www.egroups.com
Friends_of_US_2nd_Infantry_Division_WWII
and we are collecting all info on the 2nd Div. during WW2. You can contact Kraig Rice at
warcorrespondent@hotmail.com
I think your website here is terrific! Keep up the good work. Cordially, Kraig Rice, 2ID egroups web moderator.

Name: William D, Harriman
Hometown: Indianapolis, IN
POW Camp XII-A & VII-A
Sent: 9.02 - 12/16 2000
I joined the 29th Infantry Div. on June 18, 1944 as a replacement. While on a patrol we walked into a trap in the hedgerows.I was wounded and taken prisoner by the Germans who probably saved my life by stopping the bleeding, as I was in no condition to help myself. After beong treated by the German doctors at their field hospital, I was taken to a hospital for British and American prisoners at Rennes where I was held for a month before being evacuated by a 16 day boxcar ride to Stalag XII-A at Limburg, Germany

Name: BOBBY THOMAS
Homepage: http://casketgalleryfl.com
Hometown: WINTER PARK FL
Sent: 1.49 - 12/15 2000
I AM A RETIRED NAVY E 8 WOULD YOU PLEASE VISIT MY WED SITE I HAVE A MILITARY CASKET THAT I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER YOUR ORGANIZATION AS A BENEFIT EACH MEMBER THAT
PURCHASE AT NEED THE ORGANIZATION WOULD RECIEVE A %.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEND A WRITTEN PROPOSAL TO YOU AND MAYBE MEET WITH SOMEONE IN PERSON, PLEASE E MAIL ME TO LET ME KNOW IF THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING YOUR ORGANIZATION WOULD BE INTERESTED IN.
THANK YOU
BOBBY THOMAS

Name: Michele Powell
POW Camp Stalag 4B Murlberg, Germany
Sent: 10.37 - 12/13 2000
My uncle, Orville Edward Manley, was a POW in WWII. This camp information came from things I found after my mother died. I cannot find a listing of this camp on your site, nor his name, and am sorry that I couldn't find information here to pass onto our children along with our family genealogy.

Name: Frank Chiavoni
Hometown: Trenton, New Jersey
POW Camp Stalag 2B
Sent: 1.33 - 12/13 2000
I'm searching for anyone who knew my father, Frank Chiavoni. He was in the 45th Division. Captured at Anzio in May 1944 and interned in Stalag 2B.

Name: Shanna Kilpatrick
Hometown: Portland
Sent: 4.41 - 12/12 2000
I am the Granddaughter of Clyde W. Dye (served in Phillipines- was in Japanese camp Nichols Field and (I know I wont spell this right) Caabatuan (??). My uncle wrote and essay called "The Stranger in My Father" some years back. I am looking for anyone who has it?? I have decided to perserve all of my Grandfathers experience that I can for my children and would very much like to have this. Thank you for your help. GOD BLESS YOU! Shanna

Name: Albert Gray deShaw
Hometown: Bokeelia, Fla. 33922
POW Camp Stalag Luft One
Sent: 4.02 - 12/12 2000
I was interned in Stalag Luft One from July '44 to April '45. Shot down over Liepseig with my B-17 Crew during a bombing raid. Two members of my crew were killed, one in the air and one by the townsfolk after he was on the ground. All others were captured.

Name: Philip Wyld
Sent: 10.37 - 12/12 2000
searching for Leo Apolka, believed to be a gunner on B24 shot down over Regensburg Germany late 44 early 45.
He was a prisoner with my father in germany till liberation. Leo was badly burned in the attack when his bird went down and I know he was treated at Percy Jones hospital, Fort Custer in Michigan and at the time my father lost contact leo was married with one son, jimmy. We would love to trace Leo or any of his family

Name: Arnold P. Mintz Jr
Hometown: Wilmington North Carolina
Sent: 12.48 - 12/12 2000
I am retired from USAF and spend alot of time in Germany, I am looking for information from anyone who might know anything about an American aircraft crash during World War II in Friedrichsthal (State of Saarland) Germany. After the aircraft crashed a young boy and his friend ran up to it see an American crew member alive an speaking to them in English an trying to give them a picture of his family an a ten cent piece with a whole in the middle dated 1942. The German police chased the boys away taking the photo. One boy kept the ten cent piece and gave it to me with this story on my last vist in Germany 2000. Looking for help//

Name: Clydie J. Morgan
Homepage: http://www.axpow.org
Hometown: National Headquarters
Sent: 11.08 - 12/11 2000
The National Convention for 2001 will be in Tucson, Arizona October 5-10.

Name: John Korman
Homepage: http://9715 Braewick
Hometown: Houston, TX 77096
POW Camp Stalag Luft III
Sent: 10.18 - 12/11 2000
Please let me know when and where the POW reunion will be held in year 2000.
John Kprman

Name: Leonard Lincoln
Hometown: Quincy, California
POW Camp Stalag Luft IV
Sent: 4:09 PM - 12/2 2000
Tail gunner with 453 BG. Shot down July 12, 1944 over Munich. Dulag Luft, Stalag Luft IV, Stalag XI B. 86 day forced March ending at Zerritin, Germany.
Have exhausted all efforts to locate crew members. Maybe web site will help. Thanks

Name: Allen (Al) D. Singleton
Homepage: http://1407 La Fonda Dr
Hometown: Seagoville, Tx 75159
POW Camp Stalag Luft 3
Sent: 8:30 PM - 12/1 2000
I would like to hear from some of you that were in Stalag Luft 3. My E-mail address is ADSingle@AOL.com. I was there from April '44 til we evacuated in Jan '45. Were you on the march from Neurenberg to Moosberg in Mar/Apr '45? I flew P-38 out of England and at one timeI was in the same
squadron with Jack Ilfrey (Ace). Let me hear from you-I'll answer your message if you like.

Name: Clydie Morgan
Homepage: http://www.axpow.org
Hometown: National Headquarters
POW Camp National Adjutant
Sent: 8:20 PM - 12/1 2000
Dorothy,
If your husband has been 100% disabled for more than 1 year, you will be eligible for DIC no matter how he dies. For more information please contact: Louise Dunham at aedunhl@vba.va.gov
Louise is a service officer and can answer any of your questions.

Name: Dorothy Skarles
POW Camp stalag 4
Sent: 7:31 PM - 12/1 2000
I am the wife of a POW with 100% disability. It has come to my attention that the dependency and indemnity compensation may not be paid if the death certificate signed by the doctor did not have written on it in these words, "death due to service-connected causes." Is this true? Must it be written in this way to save spouse from problems when they apply for their share of monthly payments? What if spouse is killed in a homicide or car or airplane crash and this is put on the death certificate? what then? What would be the steps taken to still receive (DIC)? Would like to hear from other spouses that may have had problems in the way the death certificate was signed. Thank you for any help that you can give. Dorothy Skarles

Name: Geraldine Foster
Homepage: http://DAISYDO21@CS.COM
Hometown: wilkes-BARRe
Sent: 6:27 PM - 12/1 2000
I can't belive how hard it is to find imformation on what stalag my dad was in.my dad's name Gerald Stucker if anyone has any imformation please e-mail me. THANKYOU

Name: Max F. Veitch
Homepage: http://3063 Frampton Dr.
Hometown: Toledo,Oh. 43614
POW Camp German Hospital
Sent: 6:10 PM - 11/30 2000
I would like to know how you can get you bio or name listed on your web site information?

Name: Donald J. Ivas
Hometown: Scituate,Ma 02066
Sent: 8:35 PM - 11/29 2000
Son of 1st Marine Division Cprl of Guadalcanal, trying to compile stories that need to be told of POW experiences pleae respond, good listener, fair writer. any info on the Canal/ Would love to know what my father went through. God bless, please reply

Name: LILA WILLIAMS, COM. S.W. IA CHP
Homepage: http://909 CHAUTAUQUA DR.
Hometown: RED OAK, IA 51566
POW Camp STALAG III B-7 A- II B
Sent: 5:00 PM - 11/29 2000
MY HUSBAND, HOMER D. WILLIAMS WAS POW DURING WW II, ALONG
WITH MANY OTHER IOWA SOLDIERS FROM S.W. IOWA. HE WAS
CAPTURED AT FAID PASS IN NORTH AFRICA. HE IS NOW DECEASED
AND I AM HIS WIDOW AND HAVE A COMPUTER. I WAS ELECTED TO
BE THE COMMANDER OF OUR S.W.IOWA CHAPTER 2-1999.

Name: Teresa (tracy) Smith Jenkins
Sent: 6:33 PM - 11/27 2000
Hello Everyone,
I want to say I realize what a wonderful site this is and what it means to have such caring people take time out of their lives to give us all this gift. Thank you!!
I began my search for my father Ronald Paul Mc? about 2 years ago. I had many "good" reasons for doing so, but as I started looking in the Korean POW sites I began to realize that my father is not only special in my heart he must be in others as well. He was a POW in Korea and the things that was done to him is just too hard to think about some times.
Still he survived his capture, but I often wonder if he has survived the memories of that cruel war. I know little girls think of their fathers as heros, but it is only now that I am grown that realize just what a hero he was, is and will always be. I estimate he was about 19 when he went to Korea; he was still a boy in most respects. Whatever his pain and fear then I know he had to swallow. I just wish I could have been there for him in spirit, and now in any way he wants or needs me. I was told he didn't talk about the war much, but did express a lot guilt and those memories tormented him. I pray for his peace of mind every day. If I had only one wish now it would be that HE and All of the Men and Women of that war have peace in their minds and hearts. If wishes truly came true what a gift it would be to know that all of the missing and lost would come home this Christmas. Our prayers and the pursuit of what is good and right will have to do, but in #'s all these things are possible.
Thank you for reading I get really emotional when I think about our fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, and other relatives that gave their every thing for our gov. and the rest of us. This war will never be forgotten!!
My father ended up in Chicago IL. after the war working as a brickmason. He helped build the Sears Tower, and has his name engraved in one of the wooden beams. There are just so many things to be proud of in him!! If you know him please let me know. I want to tell him I love him and he is and has always been beautiful in my eyes.
Sincerely, with best wishes
Teresa (tracy)
teresa_jenkins@worldnet.att.net

Name: jack l bailey
Homepage: http://oak ridge,tn
Hometown: nitro,wv
POW Camp stalag luft 6&4
Sent: 4:20 PM - 11/27 2000
shot down february 10,1944 on raid over brunswick.sent to stalag luft 6.moved to stalag luft 4 by way of freighter and box cars.on 83 day march and was liberated april 26,1945

Name: donald de lucas
Hometown: forked river n.j.
POW Camp stalag 2a arbeit kommando rostock
Sent: 8:33 PM - 11/26 2000
my first visit at this site and found it interesting

Name: Terry Ray
Hometown: Vancouver
POW Camp Stalag IVB and IV H
Sent: 5:47 PM - 11/26 2000
My dad was in both camps, the latter being a straflager nearby. He provided me with many details, includind a signed book by many of the POWS. This October I visite the sites of both camps and could share my thoughts with anyone who might be interested.

Name: cleo jackson
Hometown: loveland co.
POW Camp stalag luft iv
Sent: 4:00 PM - 11/26 2000
Belong to northeast chapter of Colo. I really enjoy this site

Name: Wes Florian
Hometown: Medina, Ohio 44256
Sent: 12:12 PM - 11/26 2000
I have great respect for all POWs I read as many books as possible with great interest. My brothers friend was in the Bataan Death March. He survived the march but died in one of the prison camps. I wonder if there is anyone who may have information on Albert Christ from Parma, Ohio, near Cleveland??

Name: Cindy Getman
Hometown: South Haven Michigan
Sent: 3:24 PM - 11/25 2000
My father Robert Lee Young Sr. was a pow in the Korean war I would like all the information I can get on him thank you.

Name: Cordino Longiotti
Hometown: Ashland, Or. 97520
POW Camp Stalag 7A & 7B/Unterthurheim farm work camp
Sent: 1:28 AM - 11/25 2000
I was captured at Anzio Feb. 18, 1944 and liberated April 20, 1945
There were 18 of us at Unterthurheim farm camp. I have been searching for them but as this date I have only found 2 living and 5 have passed away. Still looking for others.
See my Biography at http://www.axpow.org/longiotticordino.htm

Name: Jude Ford
POW Camp Cabanatuan
Sent: 4:37 PM - 11/24 2000
Am doing research on my great uncle, Vernon A. Martin, 31st Infantry. Died July 3, 1942 in Camp Cabanatuan

Name: Eugene J. Hamlett
Homepage: http://3829 Wards Road
Hometown: Altavista, Va. 25517
POW Camp Starlag 2 B also on a farm
Sent: 3:39 PM - 11/24 2000
Anzio landing and taken pow 8 days later taken to germany and spent the rest of the war there .

Name: Wanda M Cochran
Hometown: Charlotte, NC
Sent: 10:38 AM - 11/24 2000
I wore a bracelet of a H. K. Flesher during the Vietnam War.
He was captured 12/2/66
I would like to get in contact with him or his family if possible. Can anyone help me out?

Note from Administrator: - Go to the NAMPOW website at http://www.eos.net/rrva/nampow/nampows.html
They have the best records on POWs from Vietnam.

Name: wanda m cochran
Hometown: charlotte, nc
POW Camp Dachau and other camps
Sent: 10:35 AM - 11/24 2000
I am looking for information on Pvt. Samuel R. Allen from Ohio who was a POW in WWII. Captured in Northern Africa Area and was a prisoner of the Germans in Europe. At one time was prisoner at Dachau, among other concentration camps. Would like any info that anyone could give me. He was in the U S Army, Company K, 168th Infantry.

Name: Beryl Hutchin
Sent: 2:04 PM - 11/23 2000
I was accessing the Internet for information on copper mines in Japan and Clyde McKee's biography came up. As you may now be aware, the British Government has, after over 50 years, agreed to compensate the British serving forces and the civilian internees who fell and had to surrender to the Japanese. It is a great pity that the Japanese did not see fit to do this, but they will say that it is part of the then Bushido culture. My late husband and my sister-in-law's husband were both 'guests' of Emperor Hirohito. The former in Stanley, Hong Kong being shipped out to mainland Japan to Nagasaki shipyard, where he was forced to work on ships riveting with no protection and this ruined his eyesight and to the copper mines in Osaka. My sister-in-law's husband might have been considered luckier, as he was held captive throughout the war in Hong Kong.

My late husband died at the age of 60 in 1977, partly caused by his treatment under the Japanese - he did receive a war disability pension from the government. It did not help that he could speak a certain amount of the language and was an interpreter - no wonder he suffered nightmares from the mock executions that he underwent. Because I was only 26 when we were married and had a great interest in history, I was able to obtain more information about his treatment under the Japanese than this family. His brother, a doctor, became a POW when Singapore fell in February 1942.

I send my deepest sympathy to Clyde's family. I am not a religious person, but I do hope that there is never another World War where innocent men, women and children have to perish, as a result of international politics and the ambition to become 'masters of the world'.

Both my late husband, his brother and his then future brother-in-law were all disgusted with the way that the war in the Far East became known and regularly accepted as the 'Forgotten War'. They all fought just as bravely as those in the European theatre of war - more so - without the back-up they so badly needed.

Beryl Hutchin
Hill Lodge
Staplefield Road
Handcross
West Sussex
RH17 6EB
UK

Name: Marion C. Hoffman
Homepage: http://365 Sycamore Glen Drive
Hometown: Miamisburg, OH. 45342
POW Camp Limburg, Dulag Luft, Nuremburg and Moosburg
Sent: 5:47 PM - 11/22 2000
Date: 11/22/2000
Great web site,
In this millennium year we who were POW's at out age enjoy a theme, "Celebration of Life, Focus on Faith." For many of us it is a 55th Anniversary celebration of liberation at Moosburg. The 345 mile forceed march from Preum, Gerolstein, Limburg, Dulag Luft, Neremburg and Moosburg. How better way than to write the story.
For more about my POW days read my book, "A View From The Tail, The Last Mission."

Name: audrey barka
Hometown: poquaque new mexico
Sent: 9:51 PM - 11/21 2000
I wish to know everything about my father, Thomas Barka from
Albuquerque New mexico. He was a prisoner of war in the "Death march of Bataan" while serving in the u.s. army. He is from Gila then from Sliver city, New Mexico. I believe he is still alive in Albuquerque. Thank you.

Name: Morris W. Larkin
Homepage: http://16 Buchanan Road.
Hometown: Marblehead Mass.
POW Camp Stalag Luft 4
Sent: 2:08 PM - 11/21 2000
I have been a life nember of the EX-POW. for many years. How do i get my biography listed. I was shot down Aug 13th1944 on our last mission. I was a tail gunner on a B24 attached to 44th Bomb Grp. 506 Bomb Sqdn.

Name: William DiRosario
Hometown: Billerica, Ma. 01821
POW Camp n/a
Sent: 11:12 PM - 11/20 2000
Great site. My father was a pow in Germany, shot down in a B-17. I never knew which camp but I hope to find out eventually. I'm interested in the POW medal does anyone know where I get the application form? His records where destroyed by fire in St. Louis will this hinder the process?
Thanks,
Bill DiRosario


Note from Administrator: - We have added the application form to our "POW Medal" page. Please follow instructions to print it. Many POWs have been able to obtain this medal even though their records were lost in the fire. Submit as much proof as you can to substantiate your claim as detailed in the instructions. Please note it is not uncommon for it to take up to 12 months to hear anything after you apply.

Name: Bobbi Dunn
Hometown: Indianapolis
Sent: 10:40 PM - 11/20 2000
Hi. I am not a POW, but my grandfather is. He was captured during WWII, over Germany when the airplane he was aboard was bombed, caught fire and crashed. He was knocked unconscious and landed in a tree, hanging by his parachute. He was a prisoner for 10 months. I was not even aware that a medal existed for POW's until a few months ago. I would appreciate it if someone could please tell me how I could go about getting a very much deserved POW medal for my aging grandfather. Thank you!
Bobbi Dunn

Note from Administrator: - Please see our page titled "POW Medal" for instructions.

Name: joseph maiale
Homepage: http://906 third ave.
Hometown: franklin squard n.y, 11010
POW Camp m.- stammlager xiia
Sent: 4:41 PM - 11/20 2000
I would like some information on this prison camp (12a).
I was not there very long we were moved out I was on the train that was sraffed by our planes and I and many others broke out of the train and made a P O W SIGN WITH OUR BACKS AND WHAT EVER ELSE WE COULD FIND.
Thank you.

Name: Robert W. Sanders
POW Camp Stalag Lugt III, VII, XIIID
Sent: 11:40 AM - 11/19 2000
I was looking for a 'change of address' form.

Name: Howard W McCord
Hometown: Decatur, Alabama
POW Camp IV-B, VIII-A, XI-B
Sent: 6:22 PM - 11/17 2000
Hi,
I just found the web page. Good work. I dropped out of the organazition last year when the dues went to high for me to pay.
I would like to hear from some one who spent time at XI-B near Fallenbostle Germany until liberation in April 16, 1945

H W McCord

Name: John G Blanch
Hometown: Grimsby UK
Sent: 1:33 PM - 11/17 2000
Thank you for your sacrifice. But for people like your generation most of us would not be here now. Most of my generation has not known war, thank God.

Name: linwood
Homepage: http://adelaide
Hometown: australia
POW Camp notogawa
Sent: 5:52 AM - 11/17 2000
My father Mr James McHarg Miller was a prisoner during the second world war. He was captured on Christmas Day in 1941 in Hong Kong. He was in several camps finally in Notogawa until the war was over. Dad was a member of the Royal Scots and was stationed Tai Mo Shan in the New Territories of China manning the radio station. Dad was on the Lisbon Maru when the ship was torpedoed and several of his best mates died. Dad is now 85 years old. It is only a few years ago that dad would talk about it and has written a short story on his life during the war. Every christmas day we as children could not understand why Dad was never jolly on that day now we do. There is not much information on Notogawa nor any photos that I've seen. Its almost like the camp never existed. Dad is still very bitter.

Name: Carol
Hometown: Fayetteville, AR
Sent: 9:40 PM - 11/12 2000
Thank you POWs.

Name: Wanda Story
Homepage: http://www.wacva.com
Sent: 5:51 AM - 11/12 2000
I am so glad to see a page to our POWs from all wars. They deserve respect from the world and hopefully we will bring all our POWs/MIAs home one day soon. I do want to ask why you have no women listed as POWs? There were women captured during the wars, yet none are here!

Note from Administrator: The posting of Bios on our site is open to both male and female POWs. We have no control over who submits their Bios to us for publication. To date we have only had male POWs submit their Bios.

Name: Louis Riedel
Homepage: http://3410N70th Terr
Hometown: Kansas City,Kansas
POW Camp none
Sent: 11:09 PM - 11/11 2000
I am looking for a person I think his last name was Vanputtman. He was taken prisoner in 1968 and latter escaped in 1970. Of course the Vietnam conflict. I was 50 yds away when he was captured.Was wondering if he was doing OK. I was wondering if he could give me some information about who Charlie was because he could have killed me at least 20 times.

Name: Elizabeth Thorne-McKenzie
Hometown: Weldon, North Carolina
Sent: 12:33 PM - 11/11 2000
Your website is wonderful! My uncle, Joseph (Jack) P. Thorne, was a POW in WWII. He was with the 84th ID, 33rd Reg, F Co and as a POW was in Stalag 3-B. He has so many stories and memories that he now is willing to share. Please feel free to contact me if anyone should like to contact him.

Name: GAYLE ARNAUD VIATOR
Hometown: LAKE CHARLES,LA.
Sent: 5:10 PM - 11/10 2000
MY BROTHER IS GARY WAYNE ARNAUD, HE WAS KILLED IN NAM AND HIS BODY WAS RECOVERED, THANK GOD. I FEEL FOR THE ONES THAT DON'T KNOW FOR SURE. MY HEART GOES OUT TO ALL THOSE THAT LOST LOVED ONES. MY PRAYERS ARE FOREVER WITH YOU ALL. GOD'S LOVE AND LIGHT. GAYLE

Name: EDWARD L. SLAYMAN
Hometown: HUDSON FL 34667
POW Camp STALAG 12A -4B-WORK KOMMANDO
Sent: 1:55 PM - 11/10 2000
QUITE AN IMPROVEMENT IN YOUR WEB SITE. I CHECK YOUR MESSAGE BOARD QUITE OFTEN. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.

Name: Laurian George
Hometown: Hayward, CA
POW Camp Stalag Luft IA Barth, Germany
Sent: 1:51 AM - 11/10 2000
I am looking for any of the POWs who entered Stalag Luft IA in Barth, Germany on December 24, 1944. Contact me, Laurian George at email address TorreyKay@aol.com.

Name: Sharon Hutchison
Hometown: Fort Worth, Texas
POW Camp Oflag 64
Sent: 5:03 PM - 11/9 2000
My dad, Ike Franklin, was very active in this organization until his death in 1990. I'd like to see a search feature on this website where I could look up names of some of his former buddies. It's a shame he couldn't have lived to see the way the internet has developed. He was a computer systems engineer, and enjoyed communicating through his Commodore computer until shortly before his death. He'd be amazed at what we can do now.

Note from Administrator: We already have a search feature. It is on our main page near the bottom.

B>Name: Georgie Howell
Hometown: Williamsburg,Virginia
Sent: 7:29 PM - 11/8 2000
My name is Georgie Howell. I live in Little Rock, Arkansas. I am from Williamsburg, Virginia my brother is dead now but I wish to find out about his time in the POW camp and to see if they give medals to the POWs families. His wife is dead also but he has two sons alive and a daughter alive. If my brother was entitled to this medal then I think his children should get it. I was very proud of my brother who helped make my country a better place and I don't want to see his remembery died. His name was David James Baxter he was from Williamsburg, Virginia. He was the son of Martha Baxter Dunston of Williamsburg, Virginia. Father James Baxter. Please send me any information on this matter or any papers you can. Thank you. Georgie Howell 1517 Julian Street North Little Rock, Arkansas 72114. 501-376-6581 Thank you.

Note from Administrator: - As a result of your inquiry we have added a page with this information, titled "POW Medal".

Name: John C. Cockrell
Sent: 5:11 PM - 11/6 2000
Hello. I am very impressed with the American Ex-Pow website. My late Father Clifton"Tim"Cockrell was a prisoner of war in Japan for 3 and a half years. He was with the 200th CAC Headquarters Battery. I am a NOK and Life member of this proud organization. I do have a question though. Is there any word on a Cloth Strip for NOK's? Thank you for your time and effort on this website.

Sincerely yours,

John C. Cockrell
NOK of Clifton"Tim"Cockrell 200th CAC


Note from Administrator: - Yes, the cloth strip for NOK is now available.

Name: Marilee Johnson
Sent: 10:29 PM - 11/5 2000
Researching Battle of the Bulge and POWs. Interviewed exprisoner of Stalag 8-A. Am also a daughter of a WWII vet. To all veterans - thank you for all that you gave! I will remember you all on Veteran's Day and always!

Name: Ralph E. McAdams
Hometown: Dobson, NC
POW Camp Stalag Luft 4 (Stettin, Poland0
Sent: 4:35 PM - 11/5 2000
I have held a reunion with the four survivors of my B-24 Bomber crew: Pilot George Jones, Navigator Jack Morris, Bombardier Harry Thomas (Harry and I lived in the same city without knowing it from August-1971 to May-99.)

Name: D. Steven Peterson
Sent: 1:16 PM - 11/4 2000
I am interested in knowing how many POW's from the Mukden Camp Died from cancer. My uncle (Issac Laughrun) spent 39 months there and just recently passed away. (16 Feb.2000) e-mail or snail mail:

D. Steven Peterson
630 Walnut Grove Road
Bluff City, TN. 37618

Name: Elizabeth Sylvester-Gray
Hometown: Cheltenham (England)
Sent: 8:53 AM - 11/4 2000
My husband served in Korea and Vietnam and fortunately he came back. I can remember those days very well--the never knowing if he was all right.
I lived in England during WWII and many friends and neighbours didn't make it home - good luck to all of you.

Name: Lou Weatherford
Hometown: Marietta, Ga.
Sent: 1:55 PM - 11/3 2000
I served with a Msgt William D. Swift who was on Bataan when it fell. If anyone knows him or of him please contact me at above e-mail address.
God bless all of you
Lou
USMC Ret.

Name: Puett L. Willcox Jr. (Blackie)
Hometown: Was; Longview, TX Now Lompoc, CA
POW Camp LUFT IV Lager B: Bks 3
Sent: 1:31 AM - 11/3 2000
I am looking for anyone that remembers me and maybe was a room-mate, We marched out Feb 6, 45, 464 BG, 778BS Shot down 5/10/44

Name: Leon (NMI) Horowitz, MD
Homepage: http://600 Regency Crossing
Hometown: Southlake,TX 76092
POW Camp Stalag IX-B
Sent: 6:32 AM - 11/1 2000
I hope all ex-pows reading this have an NSO working for them and have had their VA protocol exams and are 100% disability rated. If not, get with it. I am NSO, SW Regional Director, and will be glad to hear from you.

Name: Louise Dunham
Hometown: Peoria, AZ 85382-1770
POW Camp Husband Kenneth - Stalag VII-A
Sent: 2:35 PM - 10/31 2000
I still think there should be a cap for women, not like a nurse's cap as we had in the past, but similar to the ones the men wear - perhaps just in women's sizes. The sports cap is not especially appealing to most women, either.

Name: Gerald W. Williams
Homepage: http://www.chemicalsmoke.cjb.net
Hometown: Malvern, Arkansas
POW Camp Wetzlar
Sent: 10:01 AM - 10/31 2000
I am not a vet. My father was in the 80th chemical smoke generating co during WWII. I did have an uncle who was a POW in the Europian theater. I gave my web site as my homepage address. It is www.chemicalsmoke.cjb.net
On it you wil find some pictures of the pow camp at Wetzlar.
Go to the picture page and scroll down to #18. The vet who submitted the photo is credited in the list of pictures.
This site is under construction and more is yet to be done and needs some editing also. Thanks, Gerald PS. Thanks for the site. We need to remember

Name: Albert E. Cratch
Hometown: Virginia Beach, Va 23452
POW Camp Giurgiu&Bucharesti, Romania
Sent: 8:40 AM - 10/31 2000
This is an interesting web site. I have not fully explored it, but I'm sure I will visit it often.

Name: Charles H Bilharz
Hometown: Crystal River FL
POW Camp Luft 1 North Compound 1
Sent: 12:15 AM - 10/31 2000
Will be at ANHS as guest host 10-15 Nov.2000
Will have a special event amateur radio station operating
from POW Museum on 11-12 Nov. with a special call sign
WA4POW. Hope some one calls me.

Name: don larson
Hometown: ROCHESTER,MN
POW Camp LUFT 1 BARTH
Sent: 4:09 PM - 10/30 2000
CONTACT ME IF YOU RECOGNIZE ME

Name: Ray Gerue
Homepage: http://2209 Los Angeles
Hometown: Kingman,Az 86401
POW Camp 7A-3B - 2B
Sent: 11:26 PM - 10/29 2000
It is a pleasure to be able to visit this site and get the latest news of our org. Please keep up the good work!!

Name: Kristi
Sent: 12:21 AM - 10/26 2000
Thank you very much! I am doing an essay on the price of freedom and many of your/your loved one's stories inspired me. Many thanks again for this site, and everything you have done for us.

Name: Karl Scifres
Hometown: McAlester, OK
Sent: 10:54 PM - 10/25 2000
My Father, Ellis Scifres, was a POW in Germany during World War II. He was serving with the 687th Field Artillery Batallion (he served in Headquarters Battery initially and was transferred to Battery C in November, 1944) and was captured on Dec. 16, 1944 -- the day the Battle of the Bulge began. We do not know what POW Camp he was held at but understand that he was liberated on April 17. Dad passed away in 1980 -- without ever talking to us about his experiences as a POW. Have recently attended a reunion of the 687th in St. Louis and am seeking information that would help us to know more about his experiences. Anyone have any ideas about how we can fill in some of these gaps. Would love to find someone who was a POW with my Dad or who remembered him during his Army days. Thanks for this web site -- I'm going to share its address with my three sisters.

Name: Richard M,Throckmorton
Homepage: http://6530 Saulsbury Court
Hometown: Arvada, CO 80003
POW Camp III-B,VII-A Kommando #1,XI-A
Sent: 5:12 PM - 10/25 2000
Greetings from PNC Throckmorton. With help from Phyllis and John Hutchins we are learning how to operate our PC. We are looking forward to hearing from anyone interested. We wonder why we didn't get personal computer sooner. It has been interesting to review the POW website.
Best Wishes from Jeanne and Richard!

Name: Allen D. Singleton
Hometown: Seagoville, Tx 75159
POW Camp Stalag Luft 3
Sent: 4:00 PM - 10/24 2000
POW from April 6, 1944 to April 29, 1945

Name: Eugene F. Wopata
Homepage: http://12101 Markham Road
Hometown: Independence, MO 64052
POW Camp Stalag IVB
Sent: 2:14 PM - 10/24 2000
Think this is a great way to gather information about former POW's. I am sure it will help find lost buddies.

Name: Clydie Morgan
Homepage: http://www.axpow.org
Hometown: Arlingtonn Texas
POW Camp National Headquarters
Sent: 12:04 PM - 10/24 2000
Ernest Bockstanz, I have sent you email with the address of our NSO office.

Richard Burt, the concurrent payment bill did not pass this year. It was taken out of the final appropriations bill that was passed by the Congress last week. We will try again.

Janis Moyer Lynch, please contact our MedSearch department at medsrch@flash.net for more information on Stalag 7A.

Melody Conrad, I'm sorry but we don't have any information on Col. Fortier. I will ask our Editor to put a notice in our information column. Maybe one of our members can help.
Thank you for your interest.

Name: John S. Hutchins
Homepage: http://3191 S0. Leyden St.
Hometown: Denver, CO 80222
POW Camp Stalag Lufts VI & IV
Sent: 3:18 PM - 10/23 2000
Hi. I'm Adjutant, Dept of Colorado. Thanks for all the information on this web site. Keep up the good work. We know it's a lot of work.

Name: Ernest L. Bockstanz
Homepage: http://6370 Banebberry, 343
Hometown: Kalamazoo, Mich 49009
POW Camp Stalag Luft One
Sent: 3:04 PM - 10/23 2000
I was looking for the National Service Officer for Michigan but I find there are none listed. I wqnted to inquire about disability allownces for ex pow's. What do you suggest I do?

Name: John W. Klumpp
Hometown: Marble Falls, Texas
POW Camp: Germany
Sent: 1:24 PM - 10/21 2000
What a marvel, it is my wish everyone could see this web site.

Name: ROBERT T. FINNELL SR.
Homepage: http://473 NO. MAIN ST.
Hometown: RANDOLPH,MA. 02368
POW Camp: STALAG VC & STALAG VA
Sent: 5:18 PM - 10/20 2000
JUST WANTED TO SAY "HELLO" TO THE GREATEST GUYS OF THE "GREATEST GENERATION".

Name: Richard W. Burt
Homepage: http://160 East 100 North
Hometown: Centerville, Ut 84014
POW Camp: Stalag Luft 4 & Stalag 11B
Sent: 5:05 PM - 10/20 2000
I am a life member of this organization and have been for quite sometime. I have been rated at 100% disabled for about a year.
I am also retired military and have been drawing retired pay up to when I began receiving disability compensation and have since lost that funding because my disability pay was more than my retirement.  I am aware of a bill to restore this inequity and have written both of my senators and congressman about it as suggested by Steve Yarema. Does anyone have any late data on how this legislation is going? I would be grateful for an update if anyone is listening. I have appreciated the help for us out here in the sticks given by the Bulletin.
God bless,
Dick Burt

Name: JANIS MOYER LYNCH
Hometown: Washington, WV
POW Camp: STALAG 7A
Sent: 9:05 PM - 10/18 2000
My father was in Stalag 7A............was prisoner of war for approx. 8 months........any info on this camp or where I could find info. would be much appreciated.

Name: Albert E. Cratch
Homepage: http://3608 Manchester La.
Hometown: Virginia Beach, Va. 23452
POW Camp: Girgiu, Romania& Bucharesti,Romania.
Sent: 9:15 AM - 10/18 2000
I find this page very interesting, and I have spread the word to as many Ex POWs as I can. Keep up the good work of supplying us with the latest news.

Name: Mary Monsulick
Hometown: Pottsville,Pa.17901
POW Camp: husband was in Luft 4
Sent: 6:23 PM - 10/17 2000
I like the web site. My husband is in the Memorials.

Name: Clydie Morgan
Homepage: http://www.axpow.org
Hometown: Arlington TX
Sent: 9:16 AM - 10/17 2000
Hi, I'm the National Adjutant for AXPOW. We redesigned the website this year and are pleased to see the interest and positive feedback on it.
Thank you.

Name: Melody Conrad
Homepage: http://208 E 3rd St.
Hometown: SpringValley, Ill.
POW Camp: Hoten
Sent: 12:48 AM - 10/17 2000
Does anyone in AEXPOW know of the where abouts or if living still a Col. Fortier? Was at Camp Hoten, did a caricature book back then, my father had a copy from him, was not returned after lent. Trying to locate any that knew father, Cpl. Russell B. Longest prisoner 745, from Wilmington, Ill.

Name: Marilee Barfield
Hometown: Baton Rouge, LA
Sent: 11:13 PM - 10/16 2000
Just found the new format really like it, been away, when was it changed?

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