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135th Infantry Regiment, US Army
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Want to know more about 135th Infantry Regiment, US Army? There are:-1 items tagged 135th Infantry Regiment, US Army available in our Library
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Walter Taylor 2nd Btn, Coy F. 135th Inf. Regiment. My father, Walter Taylor, was held in Stalag 2B for 15 months. He was a member of the US 34th Inf., 135th Reg., Coy. F, 2nd Battalion. He was captured 2-4-44 at Cassino, Italy. Also was in a work camp in Stolp, Poland and escaped on the Black Death March with Samuel Tolley and British POW, Jimmy Bryson. Anyone remember him?
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Cpl. Leo Braunwarth 1st Btn. C Coy. 135th Infantry Regiment Leo Braunwarth was captured in Italy Sept 1944 near Florence, sent first to Moosburg, then to Hohenfels in Jan 1945.
Leo said he was part of 200 US POWs and 3000+ Brit POW's who started on the march south mid-April 1945, from Hohenfels, through Regensburg, toward the Isar River where they were liberated by 1 soldier from the 80th US Infantry Division.
I have found after action reports from 80th US Infantry Division that state about 3000-5000 British and US POWs with 78 German guards were liberated on 1st of May 1945 near Neideraicbach. Leo says they waited another 2 or 3 days for trucks to show up which took them to Landshut where they were flown to Rheims France.
I am wondering if anybody on this site has any recollection or knowledge of this?
He also mentioned that the group ran out of food for a few days and a miracle happened when 3 trucks from the Swiss Red Cross came along and gave them enough food to last through to their pick up by the trucks that took them to Landshut. I am a cousin of Leo Braunwarth. His health is now failing at 95. The family asked me to see if I could get him to talk about his WWII service. I am a US Army Vietnam Vet (1968). Leo opened up right away, but he is fuzzy about liberation.
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