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Prisoner of German Island Survivor Story by Bristol
Dr. George C. Bristol, Columbia Veterinary Hospital, recounts being captured while transporting horses to France. After submarine torpedoing, he endured prison camp on a sunlit island with 7,000 prisoners, starvation rations, brutal guard torture, and the death of fellow captives before eventual repatriation to Liverpool and Key West.
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George C. Bristol
Columbia Veterinary Hospital
Mative
Aragonia
Missouri
France
Colmbia
Bristol
Liverpool
England
Florida
Gulf Coast
Dead Man’s Bay
Dead Man's Bay
Tampa
Nancy Howell
Key West
Hornn
Seven Seas
Atlantic
Africa
Germany
Mexico
Efort
Katven
Niles
Ion
Jim Watson
Jim
United States
Noase