227415 Pte. Kenneth Jones United States Army? My father, Pte. Kenneth Jones, was a medic in WWII. He was captured and placed in Stalag 7A. He was highly intelligent and was studying to be a doctor when he was drafted into the war. The German officials in the camp made my father the `Man of Confidence' over the American soldiers. It was a horrible experience for him, but I was fortunate to listen to his stories about Stalag 7A. Just before the camp was liberated, he signed a document that claimed that some SS officers at the camp were only prison guards. The SS was sent to the camp, under orders from Adolf Hitler, to execute all of the POWs if Germany lost the war. If these SS officers were captured by the American or British Armies, they would themselves be executed. So, my father, seeing no other solution, signed the document, thus ending any more bloodshed at Stalag 7A. My father received no medals, not even a `thank you' from anyone for what he did.
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