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249180 S/Sgt. Johannes Jacobus "Stoney" Steenkamp MID.South African Army 2nd South African Division Johannes Steenkamp escaped when Italy capitulated. At a house near Viterbo they found a number of Italian soldiers also on the run. In the middle of the night the Germans came. They were lined up against the wall. The Italians begged not to be shot. He identified himself and was led away. When they were leaving he heard the shots. While on a train heading for Germany he worked open the door of a cattle truck and jumped out during the night. In June 1944 he penetrated the Allied lines and was captured by the Americans in Rome and eventually recognised by one of his own
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