By Randall Hill rhill@thesunnews.com - Survivors of German prison camp Stalag 17B pose for photos after a memorial service Sunday honoring the 65th anniversary of the liberation of the camp on May 2, 1945. Photo from TheSunNews65 Years Later, The Survivors Of Stalag 17B Gather For Ceremony -- McClatchy News
In his still-affected hands and feet, Charles Vogel bears a daily reminder of the year and 14 days he spent in the Stalag 17B German Prisoner of War Camp in Krems, Austria.
His extremities were damaged by the bitter cold as he shared barracks built for 240 with thousands of other captured airmen.
He still remembers the weeks-long, 281-mile forced march across Austria as Russian forces closed in on the camp that began 65 years ago. The men slept wherever they could and ate whatever they could find, including grass.
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My Comment: The stories that these soldiers must have .... if I was there I would be listening to them all day.
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