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PFC. Robert Loraine "Lee" Schlegel
US Army
from:Salem, Oregon
My father Robert Schlegel was a POW in Germany, in Stalag XIIA. I have my father's ID card or processing card. Given the very good condition of the card, I would suspect it was issued at the time of repatriation from the POW camp when he was reconnected with US Forces. The Allied Forces and the Russians were both closing in on the area, and the German guards tried to turn themselves over to the US prisoners knowing they would be treated fairly. They were afraid the Russians would get there first and they knew they wouldn't fare well with the Russian troops. In the end they all scattered, hiding from any lingering SS troops that were still in the area, and waited for the Allied troops to arrive. I have a good account of that time from the stories my father wrote down. On the back of the card is the name of someone who I assume was another POW, Joseph A. Wilbur from Jamestown, NY.
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