Post by connie on Jan 1, 2015 7:47:50 GMT -5
Lichtenfeld, Seymour "Sy", 422nd I, 3rd Squad, 3rd Platoon,
POW IV B, III-A, III B
HIS STORY on Indiana Military Site- under Stalag III-B : www.indianamilitary.org/German%20PW%20Camps/Prisoner%20of%20War/PW%20Camps/Stalag%20III-B%20Furstenberg/Seymour%20Lichtenfeld/Lichtenfeld-Seymour.pdf
A well-written, detailed account
BOOK: Kriegie 312330: A Prisoner's Story 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/3955/thread
HONORED as 2014 Veteran of the Year at Veteran's Day Luncheon in Mobile Alabama: www.al.com/news/mobile/index.ssf/2014/11/world_war_ii_pow_army_vet_with.html
This post notes:"He was 19 years old when he was captured at bayonet-point while serving in World War II. He spent five months in a German prisoner of war camp which was later taken over by the Soviet Army. He and six of his fellow prisoners later hiked 75 miles to return to American lines."
Note to Other Veterans: At the November 2014 luncheon (above)Lichtenfeld urged other veterans to "Make the time to record or write your oral history," he said. "Every 90 seconds throughout the country a veteran is dying and history is lost."
NOTES FROM A 2013 ANNOUNCEMENT of a presentation by Lichtenfeld: www.al.com/pr-community-news/2013/11/seymour_sy_lichtenfeld_wwii_po.html
Seymour "Sy" Lichtenfeld was a 19-year-old rifleman in the U.S. Army's 106th Infantry Division when he was captured at the point of a German soldier's bayonnet in the Battle of the Bulge and made a prisoner of war.
During that cold Dec. 16, 1944-Jan. 25, 1945, battle in the Ardennes Forest -- the bloodiest and costliest in terms of Allied casualties -- Lichtinfeld's unit was surrounded for three days and ran out of food and ammunition before surrendering. The young Jewish Lichtenfeld spent the next five months in a German POW camp.
He was awarded the Combat Infantryman's Badge, Purple Heart, Bronze Star, Prisoner of War Medal, World War II Battle of the Bulge Medal, European Theatre of Operations Medal with three battle clusters and many other commendations for his years of military service.
Now 88, Lichtenfeld has written an autobiography about his experiences, "KRIEGIE 312330: A Prisoner's Story," and shares his story with students, civic organizations, veterans' groups and others...
After the war, Lichtenfeld, a Gary, Ind., native, attended Purdue University and obtained a degree in engineering. He worked and lived in Chicago and Miama before moving to Mobile with his wife Natalie, now deceased, in 2011.
Lichtenfeld has been very active in the American Ex-Prisoners of War Organization, having served as Commander of three ex-POW chapters, and as national president of the 106th Infantry Association. He was a veterans service officer for many years, helping other veterans obtain benefits, and has recently organized a veterans group at Somerby of Mobile Retirement Community, where he makes his home.
His autobiography is on file in the Library of Congress and can be read page by page online or printed.
Cub Magazine May-August 2011 p.5 (links to Cub found on Indiana Military Site) contains some photos of Sy
ALSO SEE Overview of POW Camps That Held Members of the 106th: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/752/thread
POW IV B, III-A, III B
HIS STORY on Indiana Military Site- under Stalag III-B : www.indianamilitary.org/German%20PW%20Camps/Prisoner%20of%20War/PW%20Camps/Stalag%20III-B%20Furstenberg/Seymour%20Lichtenfeld/Lichtenfeld-Seymour.pdf
A well-written, detailed account
BOOK: Kriegie 312330: A Prisoner's Story 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/3955/thread
HONORED as 2014 Veteran of the Year at Veteran's Day Luncheon in Mobile Alabama: www.al.com/news/mobile/index.ssf/2014/11/world_war_ii_pow_army_vet_with.html
This post notes:"He was 19 years old when he was captured at bayonet-point while serving in World War II. He spent five months in a German prisoner of war camp which was later taken over by the Soviet Army. He and six of his fellow prisoners later hiked 75 miles to return to American lines."
Note to Other Veterans: At the November 2014 luncheon (above)Lichtenfeld urged other veterans to "Make the time to record or write your oral history," he said. "Every 90 seconds throughout the country a veteran is dying and history is lost."
NOTES FROM A 2013 ANNOUNCEMENT of a presentation by Lichtenfeld: www.al.com/pr-community-news/2013/11/seymour_sy_lichtenfeld_wwii_po.html
Seymour "Sy" Lichtenfeld was a 19-year-old rifleman in the U.S. Army's 106th Infantry Division when he was captured at the point of a German soldier's bayonnet in the Battle of the Bulge and made a prisoner of war.
During that cold Dec. 16, 1944-Jan. 25, 1945, battle in the Ardennes Forest -- the bloodiest and costliest in terms of Allied casualties -- Lichtinfeld's unit was surrounded for three days and ran out of food and ammunition before surrendering. The young Jewish Lichtenfeld spent the next five months in a German POW camp.
He was awarded the Combat Infantryman's Badge, Purple Heart, Bronze Star, Prisoner of War Medal, World War II Battle of the Bulge Medal, European Theatre of Operations Medal with three battle clusters and many other commendations for his years of military service.
Now 88, Lichtenfeld has written an autobiography about his experiences, "KRIEGIE 312330: A Prisoner's Story," and shares his story with students, civic organizations, veterans' groups and others...
After the war, Lichtenfeld, a Gary, Ind., native, attended Purdue University and obtained a degree in engineering. He worked and lived in Chicago and Miama before moving to Mobile with his wife Natalie, now deceased, in 2011.
Lichtenfeld has been very active in the American Ex-Prisoners of War Organization, having served as Commander of three ex-POW chapters, and as national president of the 106th Infantry Association. He was a veterans service officer for many years, helping other veterans obtain benefits, and has recently organized a veterans group at Somerby of Mobile Retirement Community, where he makes his home.
His autobiography is on file in the Library of Congress and can be read page by page online or printed.
Cub Magazine May-August 2011 p.5 (links to Cub found on Indiana Military Site) contains some photos of Sy
ALSO SEE Overview of POW Camps That Held Members of the 106th: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/752/thread