Evening star., 1945-05-23


lieveS Although she received War
Department telegram May notify
ing her that he was missing, letters
! from Pvt. Purcell, dated later than
April is. have been received.
Liberated
Pfc. Charles K. Canter. 20. son Of
Mrs. Cora Canter. Upper Marl-
boro, Md. was released from a
German prisoner of war camp in
April, He had been captured June
10 in France shortly after partici-
pating in the D day landings. Mrs.
Canter has been notified that he
is in a hospital in England. an
ticlpating a furlough in the United
States
Pvt. Canter attended St. Mary's
School, near Upper Marlboro. and
was employed by the Maryland
State Highway Department when
lnducted into the Army in April,
l94l. He went overseas in October
1892
1t. X. {. Miles. son of Col. and
Mrs. S. H. Miles. jr., 1923 Quebec
street NV, taken prisoner by the
/ Germans in Italy in June has been
liberated from Ofiag "a he disclosed
in a recent letter to his parents.
/ 1t. Miles was born in New jersey
and was graduated from Millard
Prep School here, and West Point.
He was sent overseas in October.
l943, and fought with the Both Dl-
vision in North Africa before going
/ to Italy, where he was captured
June r.. His brother. Col Edmund
w. Miles, an ordnance officer in the
. air forces. returned recently from
the Southwest Pacific and is now
stationed at Fort Worth. Tex. Col
Francis Miles, 1t. Miles father. is
stationed here as chairman of the
Army and Navy Explosive Safety
Board
Pfc. Paul b. Grisso, jr.. son of
Paul B. Grisso 238 Tenth street
NE, a Fire Department member
/ for % years. has returned home
after being liberated by the Ameri-
can Sd Army from a German hos
pital near Dresden.
A member of Company G.. 422d
Infantry. l06th Division of tie lst
Army. Pfc. Grisso went overseas last
October and was captured Decem-
Der 2l in the Ardennes break
through. He was taken first to Sta
lag 4-B, near ReiSa, Germany, and
later put TO work under German ci-
william guards in steel mill nearby.
Still later he' was transferred to
railroad work near Dresden.
During his captivity. Pfc. GrisSo
said. the Germans allowed Ameri-
can prisoners only two and one half
slices Of bread and bowl of thin
soup daily. Even this, he said, was
withdrawn If the guards thought a
prisoners work was unsatisfactory.
Pfc. GriSso said he had been
struck in the chest by a rife butt
welded by guard who was dis
satisfied with his work in the steel
mill and that political prisoners in
the same mill were frequently LASH
ed with bull whips"
Because of his deficient diet and
constant hard labor, Pfc Grisso COL
| lapsed while working on a German
railroad and was taken 10 a hos
pital. where elements of The Sd
Army found him.
At the time of his capture. Pfc.
Grisso said, he weighed 165 pounds.
but during his captivity lost SO
pounds. Under the Army's care,
which he praised highly, he has
more than regained his weight,
which is now ITO. Pfc. Grisso is on
leave until July %, after which he
expects he probably will be sent to
the Pacific.
TISergt. Charles NJ. Buck" Herr
lein, %, son of Mr.. and Mrs. John
F.. Herrlein 9l2 South Orme street,
Arlington. and a member of the
championship football team at West
ern High School. has been liberated
from a German prison camp. he has
written his family. 1t was the first
word from or about him they had
received since they were notified he
was missing on fight over Aus
tria February %. Sergt. Herrlein
was a radio operator and gunner
aboard a BIT had completed l8
missions, and had won the Air Med
al and wore the Presidential Unit
Citation with Oak Leaf Cluster.
He wrote OF losing some weight,
but said he was well and expected
TO be home for visit soon. Sergt.
Herrlein went into the Army soon
after Pearl Harbor and has been
overseas since August. 1912, Before
entering the service he was en-
ployed as cable splicer by tie
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone
Co.
lst 1t. Steve TruppDer, 80, son of
Mrs. Eleanor Kretschmar. Hilltop
Manor, Bladensburg. Md, was lib
Grated from prison camp in Ger
many, where he had been since his
capture last December in the battle
of, the bulge.
Lit. Iruppner. native of Ralti-
more, attended school there and
was employed by the Washington
Gas Light Co. here before entering
the service in 1912. He was sent
overseas with the I'd Infantry Divi-
sion last summer. His wife lives in
Baltimore
Pfc. Thomas c. Cochrane, infan-
try, son of Mr. and Mrs. r. j. Coch-
rane. 423 Gallatin street NV, who
has been a German prisoner in
Stalag IA since December 5, has
been liberated. Pfc. Cochrane wrote
in a letter to his parents.
Pfc. Cochrane graduated from
Calvin Coolidge High School last
year. He was Cadet Corps lieuten-
ant. He entered the service in
March, 1914, and was sent to Eng
land in September.
Pvt. William A. Harris, 20, has
been liberated from a prison camp
in Germany after two and a half
months imprisonment. it has been
reported to his mother. Mrs. Mary
Harris, 4l3 Delafnld place NV. Pvt.
Harris, an infanryman. was re-