Lew telling of temporary MP Detail transporting a prisoner while stationed in Whales - ADULT CONTENT
Channel: Manvillebrady
Date: 24/04/2011

Lew Brady telling one of my favorite army stories: He was stationed near London or Whales awaiting  the D-Day Invasion when he was given this detail as a temporary assigment as a Military Policeman to transport an American Soldier to the U.S. Military Prison near London via train. The soldier, an Italian from Philadelphia had been convicted of raping a Red Cross Nurse which he explained to my dad, he'd been having an affair with for several months before getting caught in the act. She screamed "rape" and the charges stuck! 

The Army post in which he picked up the prisoner just happened to be where his older brother Tom Brady was stationed with the 9th Division. He was returning the paperwork, side-arm and MP Band to the company brig when he inquired weather they knew his brother Tom who was stationed at that base. They knew him alright! They had him and a couple of his buddy's locked up overnight after an alteration at a local pub the night before. They released him and and the two spent the night together.

Dad was in an army hospital after getting wounded when his nephew, Jim Brady, Uncle Gene's eldest son, stopped it for a visit. There's a newspaper article about it. Pretty damn cool family history.

Side note: Lewie's twin brother Leo was also in the Army at this time - still stateside.