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Th* Midweek BdW. In 17. 1992 19OMKmmmIwwilh Diane GilesOn* of th* flr.t thing. K* nothan Ed Bjorn learned •«n In landed on Gtmnn ml .lout ZO mil*, from the Loarmboorg border on the •orly afternoon of Aug IS. 1914 »a. that the im» printed on the piere of silk m hi. atr life* neap* kit wnml god for nufh *f anything If h* had Wen lucky enoughto land in France, the entire 11. which rconitni of vitaminC tab. ■ chocolat. bar. ft ah•«»k* And a few iquiraB oftel el paper, might have come m hardy.A. It -aa. he never lied acheer, to op.n the kit. A. aoaohi h* crawled out to th« highway about 300 let fromtW pin.a car cum. to a HrMchmt halt aid two rinlaoi jumped cut.They threw him in the beck teat. mindl.M of th* head utund* he had wraived whenhi. plan* nploded The paeaenger pointed a rifle athiai the entire nd*. only altering hia gale nnre n. h*threw hi. prl.iner a rleanwhit* handkerchief to mop hi. blcody brewAn angry crowd hadgathered at o rind hia-h and it -uni until then that they carefully dmarmcd him of the 45 ouumutir hanferun he hod •tuff*d in hla belt On** unarmed, the crowd Became ...n more hoetile. .pitting nthim and throwing grovel On*Uaa. man brnk* eft a rotten fence pn*t and Wgnn to beat Bjurn ncn-e tW ahouldere o-dback, until a woman cam. to hia aid. pu.hiig the older man into o drainage ditch.Thu. began Ed Biurn * laae than welcoming reception aa aPOW ID Germany in WWIl What --cried Byorn the moat in thee* flrat few hwa wae th* fact h* waenl wearing hie d)g tag. It* had forgotten them id th* foot loeker that morning Th* tagt ended up Wing arm law to hi. parrnto. Yngv. and Emmm B)om w.ththe reel of hie po.*e.ionewho pul lei hia two Indian teeth and wrapped hie wuunda. The phyMaan epoke mime Kagtieh. and In Bjornknew Ik wmnl ae lough a. aLufltmffl- airaUB. A Carman wouldn't how fuiwed ao much In th* rtnage where he waataken, townipcople cuutiinmly approarhed him in th*etoewfrceit. hum with camaraa One boy about 10 year, old knaw a little Euglieh and wanted a diMiumien aUiut th*Later thry put him in th* tack cl a dump truck with u heifer and o pig bound for alaughter and drove him to n cull where he open! hia flret ooghc.At hia neat etop. inFrankfurt, he epeeg hie firet in day* in ealilnry cceiftaemenl and war given nn Englieh ov.cccdt and. at long la.t. ehota. He own bcoU had beenblown oft when hla B 17He .pent one month atStalag No 6 in LuiemWurgwith other Allied POW. Wfte. embarking cm what Bforn call.the wont train tide of hie life Hundred, of POW. w«re marched to a train load ofboacar. ond prc toord Porty-four pi —ere W-ded into on. mfe cl th. bcarar. another 44 cm th* oth*r.and **v*n guard* for mud a buffer in the middle Sumeunr mumbled that in aciuidance wilh th* Geneva Convention, th* tope of the buacure ipeetedhigv tuinUd litter. POWTh. journey I a* led oil day*On th* way. other train rat. were added flatcar, with tank, and artillery, and munition* cor. were intervened wgh the boarnr. of hunvin cnrpiMret of the tim. th*'POW nn lop of the tuacare did th* tnrk The men ciuld hearB-tr* rplaasing th*r BOfnO.*■ Of Gorman*the eky ond Waving without flnng At Wnet one*, it didn't work ond a car a few behind the die Hywn wae riding In eo* hitOne*, to avied an olr otlack th* engine, r rtopfttd th* train la a tunnel In a whtW. it w. ohvioue that there waen't I oaygen In th* tuna.I th* guard, could not keep *h* np III Th* flamnwith g. the imremt id oaygen Pante aet in Byornremember, th* guord. eereommg. pounding on thedm*, which wae locked on th*ouuid* Th. Kemeehfcn thought they were dimmed, the men. including Bpirn began to pn..out When Bjeen came to. theyw*r* cut of the tunnel, and onthear way ceic* againThe dewtin.t—n wae Stalag No 4 near the North SeaNr.r Week A Ihrr, ---iM hetg wrh Irevrrrf* .lu.iurem
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Kenosha News Courier
Kenosha, Wisconsin, US
Tue, Nov 17, 1992
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