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. Thorgrcn ls s«Freed FromBGerman CampST. Rep. re presS Sgt. Ernest Thorgren, son of in coMr. and Mrs. Charles Thorgren, to 64 506 Oak street, Valparaiso, wasjatroci among a group of 15,000 Allied i again prisoners of the Germans who were the r released last week by American sch forces under Gen. George S. Pat- e(j jr ton's 3rd Army. paperThe men were reached in a pine mroci forest south of Braunau, Austria, i torioito where they had been marched h,k hi earlier in a 150-mile trek from H|l Krems, Austria, on the Russian tju. dfront* ! * ,I just IAmong the 15,000 were 4.100 Am- ten,n(erican prisoners oi war—all flying j personnel. Most of the Americans I ^ 1.1 had been prisoners more than two . years after being shot down in ‘1^‘unair actions. perpe() \ 11 T# '4While otner American soldiers freed receivly have been found in prisoner barracks, this group of ^4,100 U. S. flyers had been aban-1dolled. enti!el\ uithnut tnrwi *mastatedoned, enthelv\ without food orshelter, in the snow and freezingcold of a wilderness.The men had stolen enough axes to start work on rude log huts for some comfort, but most ol! Wthem said they had been so cold A re they were unable to sleep at an 1 tion time during the last four days'; man and nights. They lived on foraged lood and many of them went without food for 4^ or more hours. I Se S Sgt. Thorgren was shot down forn during a bom bei raid over Ger- cd t many on Jan. 5, 1944. He was a sent chief armor waist gunner and uer- com: lal photographer on a Flying Fort-j Dlt; ress. In 'he raid of 1,000 planes, on an that date, which blasted German i nomindustrial plants, 60 American craft | at t were lost. | mittBefore enlisting in the service, Cc in October, 1542, Sgt. Thorgren wasi Mcli employed as an apprentice tool and mitt dye maker by the McGill Manu- the factoring company. He was gradu- He ated from Valparaiso high school beer and attended Indiana State college j ceptat Terre H aute for three yaers* 1in
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Valparaiso Vidette Messenger
Valparaiso, Indiana, US
Mon, May 07, 1945
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