Post by connie on Apr 18, 2014 20:44:07 GMT -5
Written history from 2003 interview for U of Texas Oral History Project : www.lib.utexas.edu/voces/template-stories-indiv.html?work_urn=urn%3Autlol%3Awwlatin.277&work_title=Membrila%2C+Emilio+Munoz
Membrila, born in 1921 and raised in Clifton Az, was drafted in 1942.
When assigned to the 106th at Atterbury he trained with 424A as a 60mm. mortar gunner
He was captured by Panzer Division Soldiers while defending a crossroad at Winterspelt on Dec. 17
He mentions POW experience at XIIA (Limburg) and then a 3 day march without food to Lukenwalde, near Berlin.
Roster lists several additional prison camps and references a Cub article.
Membrila, born in 1921 and raised in Clifton Az, was drafted in 1942.
When assigned to the 106th at Atterbury he trained with 424A as a 60mm. mortar gunner
He was captured by Panzer Division Soldiers while defending a crossroad at Winterspelt on Dec. 17
He mentions POW experience at XIIA (Limburg) and then a 3 day march without food to Lukenwalde, near Berlin.
Roster lists several additional prison camps and references a Cub article.