211029 Pvt. Allen Wade Williams United States Army from:Dearborn, Michigan My Uncle Allen Williams rarely spoke of being a POW at Stalag 3B.
He indicated that he was captured in North Africa and sent to Germany.
My father used to say that prior to his time in the Stalag my Uncle Allen had a bad temper and could be easily provoked. But that was dealt with by the Nazi's at Stalag 3B. My Uncle explained that the guards would have the prisoners line up while "chamber pots" with urine and feces were brought out and flung into their faces, while waiting guards stood over them with machineguns, hoping for a reaction. After returning from the war he was a different person for the remainder of his life.
The only other comments he made about being a POW at Stalag 3B was how hard it was to get supplies like cigarettes. He would go retrieve an old handkerchief on the nearby bookcase that held three old brown stained cigarettes that he received at the Stalag. Thank you for creating this site.
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