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Captured in Hatten : A story of survival
Overview
"I recall a fellow grabbed machine gunner Sloan's morsel of cheese and swallowed it quickly before we were aware of what happened," Jack Nickell wrote in a letter to fellow ex-prisoner of war Glenn Schmidt. "I recall that court-martial. They found the thief guilty and he was given his choice - to man the honey bucket until we were liberated or be put to death." Nickell and Schmidt were POWs at Stalag IX-B, one of the worst of the Nazi prison camps, after being captured in the French village of Hatten during the Germans' Operation North Wind. This is a rare firsthand account of the battle of Hatten from three members of the 242nd Regiment of the 42nd "Rainbow" Infantry Division.
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- ISBN-13: 9781494478025
- ISBN-10: 1494478021
- Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- Publish Date: December 2013
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.08 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.14 pounds
- Page Count: 38
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