227338 Chester Devoid Gainey United States Army from:Laurel, Mississippi My father, Chester Devoid Gainey, from Laurel, Mississippi and his army buddy, Merle Inman of Tulsa, OK, were captured by the Germans on 1st January 1945 and were POWs at Stalag 4B until the war ended.
After the war Chester and Merle did not meet again until Christmas 2001 when Merle spent the holidays with the Gainey family. It was a wonderful Christmas present for both, as my dad died on 2nd March 2002. At my dad's funeral, one of the soldiers who had come to play taps and fold the flag said that members of his family had been overseers of the German POW camps. His immediate family had left Germany because they didn't like that connection. Life sure has some twists!
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