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On 6.June.1944 my Grandfather landed on the shores of France as part of the invasion of Normandy in World War II.
On 6.Aug.1944 he was taken prisoner by the Germans during the liberation of Vire, France.
On the 15.Sep.1944 he arrived as POW #85549, a "Kriegie", at Oflag 64 in Shubin, Poland
On the 20.Jan.1945 the POWs were marched 450 miles in the freezing cold from Shubin to eventually arrive at Luckenwalde on 1.Feb.1945
On 21.April.1945 the Germans abandoned the camp leaving it to the prisoners
The next day, 22.April, the Russians arrived and assumed command
My Grandfather and the other Americans at the camp were returned to an American checkpoint on 1.Jun.1945 and he finally returned home to his wife and son (my father) on 26.Jun.1945
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