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Five wartime wives seek news of liberated husbands
A Cedar Rapids report highlights five families awaiting liberation for husbands missing or held as prisoners of war in Germany. Captured air crew members include Second Lt. Mehegan, Lt. Clark, Capt. Shepard, Second Lt. Carroll, and Lt. Hannon, each in camps or at large in Stalag Luft No. 1 No. 3 and Usedom with families enduring long separations.
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W. D. Mehegan
E. A. Holloway
Center Point Road
Mehegan
Army Air Corps
Germany
Stalag Luft No. 1
Usedom
Clark
A. D. Clark
Sioux City
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Manufacturing Company
John J. Shepard, JR
John J. Shepard III
Thirty-third Street
Shepard
Stalag Luft No. 3
John
George A Hannnon, Jr
Hannon
A. J. Snouffer
Avenue NE
Marion High School
St. Hannnon
Stalag Luft No