Larry the Legend,
What great research on Pisar. I don't know how you do it and no less, so fast!
Regarding Spurlock, do you realize in a matter of just a few hours or much less you had names and numbers I could call. And with the time difference I could have called them all yesterday.
When I brought up Spurlock I was thinking maybe in next couple of weeks you might have so kindly and generously found me a phone number and then sometime in next week or so after that I would call. But no, in same afternoon, you the Wizard of Research had done it all.
And yes, now it is my turn - so I will rearrange things - drink more coffee like you do - but no cig's - and call these folks today remembering that I am 2 hours ahead of them.
I always feel so apprehensive calling - especially that 1st call. First, if they have caller ID they can just not answer - and then in this case it is not just calling to ask them about Prison Camp memories but now seems so presumptuous of me to think I can call and bring up such a topic. In many other cases the men were not married and so I was looking for relatives that connected to the deceased gentlemen. In this case these are the children of that poor brave man that never returned....
And my poor Dad too, and the other men that took care of Spurlock, seeing his end coming - they had to deal with that and they also had to know he had left little children back home.
I better understand my Dad's fury now from our WW2 trip with him - that there was no sign or anything to memorialize the brave men that had been buried there. I already know that when I go back to the location of where the Cemetery was supposed to have been, I will lay a small cross on the ground for all of the men that had been placed there - as Dad did for each one of the men. In this case a cross was proper because that was their religious affiliation.
Thank You Larry and as always, Christoph!
Jean