What happened to soldiers who were woundedcaptured

[sofasurfer]

My dad was wounded severely and then captured on 12/21/44. He went to Stalag XIII-D. But now I learn that XIII-D did not take Americans until February 1945.

When he was captured would he have gone to a hospital or another Stalag with medical facilities? Where would he likely have been between 12/21/1944 and 2/1945?

Note from Connie: for related post see: 106thdivision.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=looking&thread=186&page=1#169

[Frank Grant]

Since there were thousands of men captured and tons of confusion during that time it can only be guessed that your father may have in fact been sent to a German military hospital first and like my father was sent to Stalag IV B, which according to the reading I have done was kind of a clearing house where POW's were sorted out and sent on according to their ability to work. The only information that I have been able to find is from the accounts written by individuals and it seems that every experience is different. On the Indiana Military Website there is a link devoted to stories of men that were in the various camps and you may get some clues there. Good luck in your search.

[connie]

Here's the link to that section of the Indiana Military Site that Frank mentioned:
www.indianamilitary.org/German%20PW%20Camps/SoThinkMenu/GermanPW-START.htm

Also note that I'm working on constructing an overview on this site of camps that held POWs from the 106th. Jim West's Military site is a major source and has much more detail, but if you want to skim over the general picture and see which details you want to dig into, perhaps this will help.
106thdivision.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=pow&thread=255&page=1

Connie

[connie]

Here's a site link to the diary of a POW who spent his entire captivity in hospitals:
106thdivision.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=pow&action=display&thread=378