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FMJ1OF WAR LIBERATEDMoore, Smith, Fout* ai It. Lentz Among Those Freed In GermanyFirst Lieutenant Louis. E. Moore, 1125 South Main street, ban been liberated from a German prison camp and has reached the American lines, according to letters received bv his wife. Mrs. Leona Moore. Monday.Lieutenant Moore who was captured in Italv last June, wrote that he had been liberated recently by Russian troop* The letters, written Mav 9 and 10. stated that he had just reached the American line*.For several months Lieutenant Moore was in a prison campI in Poland. Another internee inIthe camp at the time was Capt.{Homer Hammond of this city iwho escaped when the Yank prisoners were be in* moved to a camp out of the Baltic area.It was believed that Lieutenant Moorp was in Stalag 3*A, south of Berlin, when liberated by the Soviets. In his letter he mentioned having written de-tafls' previously anrtd left - the message with a war correspondent for mailing. Mr*. Moore has not vet received the letter. Prior to the letters received yesterday, Mrs. Moore had not heard from her husband sincelast February.Lieutenant Moore's home is in Lima but his wife and children including Tommy, 24, whom hehM new sees, ham been residing here since hi* departurefor overseas duty nearly three years ago. At the time of capture he was with an armored infantry unit.¥ ¥ ¥SOX IS LffintATKD IS WORD OF WED CROSS Lt Albert Edwin Smith, a German prisoner of war since last Aug. 29, has been freed, according to a cablegram received Monday night by his parents. Mr. and Mrs. P«ul V. Smith, 205 Baldwin avenue, through the American Red Cross.The cable said that he is well and would see them soon. Lieutenant Smith, a navigatoron a B-l? Flying Fortress, wasshot down over Czechoslovakia last Aug. 29, He was imprisoned in Stalag Luft I in northern Germany on the Baltic Sea. a prison camp for American and British air force officers.The latest letter his parentsreceived from him was dated Nov. 30 and received in February. Other letters have been received since but all were dated earlier.Lieutenant Smith went overH0O!elt;hnPt!nwclVafttcseas a year ago. He was based in Italy with the 15th Air Force until he was 18ken prisoner.★ ★ ★LT. MALCOLM FOt'TO EN ROUTS TO V. S.h;liGJcS'Second Lieutenant Malcolm U. Fouts, a prisoner of war in Germany since- Ust-^Aug- 15 has-been liberated and is returning to the United States, his wife of 127 Madison avenue, and his mother. Mrs. Marie Fouts. Fos* toria. were informed by the war department Monday._Lieutenant Fbut* was taken prisoner when the B-l? Flying Fortress of which he was bombardier was shot dowm during a raid on Germany.The message stated Lieutenant Fouts was returned to military control April 29. He had been interned in Stalag Luft 3 in Silesia which was evacuated last January. The last w'ord re* cetvecLfrom him- was--*--letter to hift wife written Dec. 30.Lieutenant Fouts has a son, Stephen Eugene, whom he has never seen. Mrs,. Fouts is the former Norma Dukes.IftrfiCwclti*irnu\cVIclpy
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Findlay Republican Courier
Findlay, Ohio, US
Tue, May 22, 1945
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