Oh, Jean, one other thing! I remember seeing a comment about you finding information about one of the prisoners having a .45 on him. My Dad talks about that guy in the recording as well! It is so exciting to have the wonderful people on this forum, all of you, helping to putting this incredible bit of history (history we are losing at such an alarming rate!) together.
Also, if I understand correctly and hope, Jean, you can confirm was it your Dad that was with Dad when they took my father's toe off? And, Dad says he calls him "Red" (which was Dad's nickname) so he must have known him pretty well.
Also, I can't remember if I mentioned I tried to contact the Stong (Wesley, who's name and address I found in a address book) but had no success. I'm guessing he is no longer with us. Wesley Strong, I believe, was at Waldbrol with Dad. He was shot across the back and had given my father a letter to mail in case in did not survive.
I can't remember if I included these links in the forum string before so I'm including it, just in case. Lots of details in them, even more each time I listen to them. I'd love to know about the boy that was shot down in a bomber, Dad says he was "an Italian from Beaver Falls". The moxy Dad talks about him having when being questioned demonstrates, to me, the essense of the men that fought in that war.