Liberation Again

Contact was made with the 14th Armored, but before they could get to us a lieutenant and his men heard that there were some American prisoners of war at Gars and came down to "have some fun." I heard someone say, "The G. I.'s are out there."

I ran to the barn door. I saw two American soldiers coming up the road. They looked good! They carried their rifles in hand, pistols by their side and hand grenades hung all over them. Their steel helmets, al- though covered with dirt, looked to us something like crowns on their heads. They walked straight and proud as they came boldly up to the barn.

The guards started running out and throwing their guns in a pile. The guards laughed with joy and said they were glad the war was over. They said, "We are your prisoners now."

Just why they took that attitude is anyone's guess. I know they wanted to be American prisoners rather than Russian. That afternoon while they were still our guards we found out they had not had food for several days, so we shared our food with them. I am sure that Christlike attitude of feeding enemy guards made them feel that they would receive kind care.