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252358 SSG. Charlie H. Little US Army Company D. 4th Infantry Regiment from:Winterville, NC Charlie Little enlisted on the 5th of Nov. 1941 at Fort Bragg, NC, Became a Staff Sergeant in Company D Fourth Infantry. He was in the African Middle Eastern theater and then part of the invasion of Italy where he was captured. He told me he and another soldier became separated from his company and hid in a bomb creator. The other soldier fell asleep and began to snore. The noise gave them away and the other soldier refused to be captured and was killed. Dad was put on a train and ended up in Stalag 3b. According to my Dad, cigarettes and chocolate from the Red Cross packages were used to trade for items to build a crystal radio from the German guards. Each part was kept by a POW for safe keeping during the day. At night they would put it together and listen to the news. The German guard propaganda was that the Allies had lost the war but the POWs knew different. One day the guards just left the camp. While listening to the radio they knew Germany had lost. They were able to locate the nearest US troop location. A small group including my dad chose to leave the camp and found the US troops and were liberated. He was awarded the Bronze Star and the Good Conduct medals. Lillie Charlene Little Clay Add to this record.  Related Content: Italian Campaign Stalag 3B Prisoner of War Camp Can you help us to add to our records? Add a record to our website. The names and stories on this website have been submitted by their relatives and friends. If your relations are not listed please add their names so that others can read about them Did you or your relatives live through the Second World War? Do you have any photos, newspaper clippings, postcards or letters from that period? Have you researched the names on your local or war memorial? Were you or your relative evacuated? Did an air raid affect your area? If so please let us know. Help us to build a database of information on those who served both at home and abroad so that future generations may learn of their sacrifice. Contact us. Celebrate your own Family History Celebrate by honouring members of your family who served in the Secomd World War both in the forces and at home. We love to hear about the soldiers, but also remember the many who served in support roles, nurses, doctors, land army, muntions workers etc. Please use our Family History resources to find out more about your relatives. Then please send in a short article, with a photo if possible, so that they can be remembered on these pages.

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