210977 S/Sgt. Richard Carl Morris US Army 36th Armored Infantry Regiment from:Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio My great grandfather was a POW at Stalag 3c from 27th September 1944 to 31st January 1945. His name is S/Sgt Richard C Morris. He was taken POW on 17th of September 1944 on a reconnaissance mission in Aachen, Germany. He was wounded in the shin with shrapnel, a British doctor (who was taken POW during the battle of Dunkirk in 1940) removed the shrapnel from his shin with out anesthetics. He was part of the 3rd armored division during the war. After the Russians liberated the came he walk to Odessa, Russia. When he got to Odessa he was reading a magazine and one of the pages was about a factory right around the corner from his house in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Know what the odds of that are. When he was in the camp he met a man by the name of Sgt Louis Anderson. Well come to find out he lives on the east side of Cuyahoga falls and that they did not know each other but they both knew the same people. They both stayed by each other all the way home. They walked to Odessa took a ship to Naples, Italy and than took the USS. Wakefield to Boston, Mass. I am not sure how they got home from there. I have read some of they great grandfathers war diaries and a couple times he talks about how he never would take about the war ever, he never did my papa witch is Richard son said that he never told his story no mater how many times he asked. The only way I know about his story is going through his war trunk, and finding his diaries and his letter he wrote home through the Red Cross postcards. I am a WWII buff my self and I am believe that if my grandfather did not join the army of even fought in any war I don’t think I would know who he is. I am proud of his serves for ower country. I really wish I could have met him I don’t think he would have ever told me his story but you never know tell you try. So thank you for taking your time to read this short story.
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