255069 PFC. Ronda Ray Morgan US Army Co E. 179th Infantry Regiment 45th Div from:Pierpoint, WV Uncle Ron, Ronda Morgan served with Co E, 179th Infantry Regiment. According to the government archives he was at Stalag IIB at Hammerstein from 17th of February 1944 until 7th of April 1945. Uncle Ron re-enlisted for another 6 years after his discharge in 1945 and rose to the rank of Sergeant. Uncle Ron never spoke of this time in his life. He told his sister, my mother, that every day a German soldier would come in and throw a ripe red apple in the middle of the hut. Whoever weakened and grabbed the apple was taken out and punished. That's the only story I know.
He never married. He lived with us for the final years of his life. He would hoard food in his room, especially peanut butter. Momma said it was because of what happened to him in Germany.
He died in 1992.
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