Letters to Loretta: 4th of July brings no happiness to the American prisoners
By July 4, 1944, the Allies had landed in Western Europe. But the American POWs in German camps were still suffering.... Read more.
Letters to Loretta: Life for those waiting back on the home front during WWII
Life was not easy for those waiting to hear news of their loved ones fighting in Europe or the Pacific during WWII.... Read more.
Letters to Loretta: Better weather doesn’t bring better days at the Nazi POW camp
Warm weather in the POW camp didn't mean good times. It just meant they didn't have to burn as much of their resources to keep warm.... Read more.
Letters to Loretta: The situation in the POW camp is getting desperate
The lack of food, the cold, and the three doctors available to the Americans made some of the men begin to lose their minds in the POW camp.... Read more.
Letters to Loretta: American prisoners try to escape the German POW camp
The prisoner begged to be taken back to camp. The German guard fired his weapon a second time.... Read more.
Letters to Loretta: The German guards are hazing the Americans
"They stole from us! They stole our Red Cross supplies! They took it all!" A man, a few feet from Harold, fell to his knees and wailed.... Read more.
Letters to Loretta: Surviving through the brutal German winter
With temperature dropping below zero Fahrenheit, the men kept wondering why their food rations were getting pitifully small.... Read more.
Letters to Loretta: Death in the Pacific
Arthur shook his head and forced a chuckle. He breathed shallow and smiled softly at the nurse, a glint in his blue eyes.... Read more.
Letters to Loretta: Life as a World War II prisoner of war
Quiet panic set in as the guard removed his pistol. The prisoner, still alive but barely conscious, lay helpless in the dirt.... Read more.
Letters to Loretta: Life in German POW camp Stalag 17B
Harold found himself in the overcrowded Stalag 17B. There, three men slept on each bed to keep each other cold and food was scarce.... Read more.