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255962 2Lt. Roland Everett Meiners US Army Infantry from:Illinois, Barrington My step father Roland Meiners was in a grenade platoon and had a German potato masher thrown into a box of grenades that he was going into. He was badly injured, the platoon position was lost and he was left for dead by the enemy. When the second group of German soldiers came through a medic with the German Army came upon him and performed a tracheotomy. This saved his life, he was taken to a German Hospital where three surgeries were performed. He was then taken to Stalag 13b in Weiden Germany. He entered that camp at 240 pounds and when General Patton liberated the camp he was 140 pounds. He never had animosity toward the German people, as he would say to me that they saved his life. My father served in the military to the age of 62, his discharge rank of full Bird Colonel. He loved the service and this country. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.** Please type in the code shown here:    If you are unable to read the code please click here. If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.