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Post by xgeorgieboyx on Apr 16, 2007 10:04:57 GMT -5
As a rifleman in A Co. 423rd Regt. 106th Div. I was captured at the Battle of the Bulge and interned at Bad Orb.
60 years later while in the hospital in Falmouth, Ma, my roomate turned out to be Henry Canter, who had been a member of my squad and was also at Bad Orb!. What a concidence. We learned about it while watching a re run of the Battle of the Bulge movie on TV in our room.
I have written my memoirs of the war and will be glad to add them to the record if desired.
George Balch
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Post by Jim West - Indiana Military Or on May 16, 2007 16:56:33 GMT -5
Dear Mr. Balch, Sorry for the delay - I don't look at the board everyday. I would be VERY interested in your memoirs. I will email you separately with where to send them.
Jim West
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Post by maggie on Mar 7, 2009 16:00:03 GMT -5
Dear Mr. Balch: My dad was also in the 423rd/ K company. He was captured Dec. 17, 1944. He died in 1953, when I was 3, from a brain tumor. He was Kenneth W. Smith from Mass. I do not know if he was in the same prison camp or not. I am still trying to learn about his capture. His buddies kept him alive by sharing food with him. My dad couldn't walk so the Germans wouldn't provide him food.
Some people called him Kenny. It would be super to hear if you knew him or of him.
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Post by maggie on May 2, 2009 22:18:18 GMT -5
Do you remember anyone who couldn't walk, whose buddies shared their food with him? The Russians freed him. Did the Russians free you? He and several others found a horse and took turns riding and walking. The horse was in bad shape also. Do you remember what date you were captured? Maggie
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Post by connie on Aug 12, 2009 23:27:41 GMT -5
Maggie,
Do you have any idea what POW camp(s) your dad was in? The more I read, the more I become aware that being "freed" by the Russians often did not mean immediate freedom.
Connie
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Post by Carl W. on Aug 13, 2009 4:48:24 GMT -5
What I find is:
Kenneth W Smith
423/K, PFC
ASN 31458847
Last Report: Dec 21, 1944
Stalag IIA Neubrandenburg
RMC Last Report July 23, 1945
Carl
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Post by maggie on Apr 30, 2010 5:23:39 GMT -5
Stalag IIA Neubrandenburg...thanks. This gives me another another lead. I recently heard that my dad, Kenneth W. Smith was in a foxhole hit by an 88, that all were dead except him. When he came to, he was being captured by the Germans...
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Post by connie on Jun 26, 2010 18:43:03 GMT -5
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