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231831Sgt. Cyril Patrick Cummings
US Army Air Corps
from:Spring Green, WI
My Dad Cyril Cummings was a POW of WWII in Germany at Stalag Luft 4. He never talked about his experience there. We all knew it was too horrifying for him. Then the last year of his life he told me some horrific stories I will never forget. These just tore my heart out as he spoke. Of course their food supply was little to nothing. A family, dad, mom and young son snuck food in for them when they could. The Germans caught the family and made the POW's watch them shoot all 3 of them to death. Another time he talked about Christmas Eve. All the guys started to sing Silent Night and the Germans told them to stop but they didn't so the Germans started beating on them but they still wouldn't stop. They were beaten through the whole song but they did finish singing it completely.I have spent several weeks on researching my dad's records and Stalag information but unfortunately not finding much. If by chance anyone reading this would recognize the names: Cyril Cummings, Bill Tate, Don Cairns, Forest Wilmouth and Charles O'Geen (as these were the men he was shot down with.) The name of the plane was San Antonio Rose, name of the crew was Oftenstein Crew, it would be a blessing to hear from you.
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