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Open Chapter of Courtrai Prison Camp Memoir
Lieutenant Pat O Brien recalls life in the Courtrai Officers' Prison Camp. He describes daily rations and privations, cooties fumigation, divination of escape plans, a cosmopolitan prisoner group, and a rare banquet with eight officers before further trials and the ongoing dream of escape.
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Pat Alva O’brien
O'Brien
Lieutenant O'Brien
Flying Corps
United Kingdom
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Tim
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Jim
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