The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-06-12
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Wasn't a Fair FrauIein

dered all the men to strip. With
the NIP standing there, they had
to obey. reported to the COM
handing officer that there were
no women among the prison
ers."
One of the German prisoners
whom Schwartz questioned was
a colonel. His orderly was with
him, and when Schwartz opened
the case which the orderly was
carrying, he was amazed to find
that il contained a pair of wood
en- legs. The colonel had lost
both his legs in the fighting dur
ing 1899, and walked with only
a slight limp and the support OF
a cane. Illustrating how hard
uI the Germans were for man.
power-the colonel was doing
full duty as training officer In
an infantry camp.
In Nancy, France, Schwartz
talked with some of the French
Jews who had been kept in hid
ing by the French patriots, and
were now able to come out In
the open. One man had been in
the same house for 80 months,
and his friends had shared their
meager rations to keep him
alive. The Germans had used
the synagogue in Nancy as a
stable, but otherwise it had not
been damaged. The first serv-
ices held there were the most
sincere l ever saw in my. life"
Schwartz related.
Schwartz went overseas in
February 1914, and saw action
at Anzio. He was wounded the
first time while on his way to
Rome.
The battalion had just taken
over a German trench - THE
safest ever was in" as
Schwartz phrased it. 1t had been
the headquarters for the Ger
man officers of that area. 1t was
dug out with rooms - regular
beds, tables-in fact" Schwartz
continued, lit had everything
but hot and cold running wa
ter"
Unfortunately, the Germans
figured we would take that
over, and heavy lombard
ment came n that direction.
Schwartz was laid up for three
weeks as a result of that injury,
and then rejoined his old outfit
when they went into Southern
France.
HEROIC RESCUE
In September 1914. Schwartz
received the Bronze Star Medal
as a result of outstanding action
in rescuing two wounded men.
He was a member of a patrol
which had just completed a sue
cessful mission, and was return
ing to the company area. He
heard a call for help, left the
protecting shelter of a wall,
went into the open field under
heavy enemy fire, and gave first
aid to the two wounded men.
Later with the held of another
soldier, the two wounded men
were brought to the safety Of .
first aid station.
Schwartz says, 81 don't know
how we managed TO get them
back-we logged them through
fire - God must have been
watching over us"
Schwartz wears a cluster on
his Purple Heart indicating he
was twice wounded. The second
time was March Is, l945, in
Germany when a friend stepped
on a mine, and called for help.
Schwartz went to his aid, and
as the boy was reaching for his
first aid kit, his arm struck
another mine.
According to Schwartz, Il
went up in the air and came
down landing on another mine.
It happened SO fast I wasn't able
to do anything for the other
fellows"
MUCH DECORATED
Schwartz returned home on
the Hospital Ship Blanche Sig
man which locked at the Char
lesion port of embarkation. His
wife,. Helen, lives at TIA Cass
avenue, and his parents, MIR. and
Mrs. Sam Schwartz, reside at 80
South Gratiot avenue. He was
the assistant paymaster at the
Woodall Plant in Detroit before
coming into the service in June,
l943. He has been overseas with
the third division for the last Is
months.
In addition to the Purple
heart with cluster), Schwartz
wears the French Croix de
Guerre, Bronze Star, Good Con-
duct ribbon, Presidential unit
citation, Expert Infantryman's
Badge and the European cam
na;op rihh0n