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JOHN SPONGBERGRELEASED FROMGiHarry Spongberg, local mail carrier, received a letter from his son, John C. Spongberg, dated May 34 in .-which he says, “Just a line once again' hoping this Hinds you ail' at; home in the - best of health... I am.- well and safe and am on journey.:, home,- • I am writing to • yoitifrpm the Canadian YMCA in; Brussels, Belgium . . , helkrto ail. lvhave nbt'heard from home' since,..^November 12th'.’ '.As ever, John,*John entered the seiyice in 1941 and in. February, 1942, he was sent tp .lreljmd : and thence to.AAfricaItalians; andv. Germans .in Hovem-' hereof i;'l’942; ;vHe was '- transferred, to: different - camps '-'in:.’Italy;;, and;.uppn^'ltaly’s^ surrender was; ': :re-:i^edfbufciafe ^captured' by ,the Gerihans-iwhdMmprisdhed.' him atnIsacaiiShClnbclt;Safto:obEjJohn«was; one of the first; Jtos-suth boysr to -be captured by the enemy, and. his return home will be one ot great rejoicing*
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Algona Upper Des Moines
Algona, Iowa, US
Thu, May 24, 1945
Page 6
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Jerry Y.
NA, 13 Feb 2017
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