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I found several letters in J. E.'s room and read one from Dad, Mother, and my sister. Dad would not let us read each other's mail at home. In fact, he would whip us if we did. But I broke training that time. J. E. returned from Munich, where he had gone to see if he could find any news of my whereabouts. When I found that he had received a letter from my wife but had destroyed it, we almost had a third World War. It was about 3:30 p.m. when he returned. I knew what was going on and he didn't! I am sure had he known I was near by he would have done everything in his power to have liberated me. But he did not know. In fact, on one occasion they saw our column moving and thought we were Germans. Since they could not reach us with artillery, they asked the Air Corps to strafe us. Before the Air Corps could get to us a cloud moved in and covered us for two days. That was a "pillar of cloud by day." Although my brother was willing to help me and couldn't, I had a Saviour who protected me at all times and in all circumstances.