“This is my story of survival and perserverance as a POW in Stalag VII-A in Moosberg, Germany. It is taken directly from the wartime log that I kept during those trying times.”
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Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of our liberation from Stalag VII-A on April 29, 1945
Bob Jackson was born and raised on a farm in central New York during the depression. He attended a one-room country elementary school until the age of twelve, when his father passed away and the family moved to Ithaca.
Approximately three years later his mother remarried and the family moved to Morrisville.
There, Bob met Irene, his high school sweetheart. In 1943, he graduated from high school. Shortly after, his mother passed away. Months later, Bob enlisted, joining fellow GIs to fight World War II. The bright moment that year was his engagement to Irene before shipping overseas and joining the 34th Division.
Bob Jackson
Page 135
April 30, 1945
This is the day after we were liberated. It was the first time we had french fries since being captured!
Page 136
May 1, 1945
Although the day was rainy and snowy, we remember it as a bright and beautiful day because General George Patton drove into our camp in a jeep that day!
Credit to the Moosburg archives.
Many of us have read through the various editions countless times, so we were surprised to find how many errors our editor, Audry Camacho, picked up in this fourth edition. She made important changes while keeping the tone of the notes from my original log.
My special thanks to those who read the previous drafts and editions of the Log and encouraged me with their responses. Their comments are listed in alphabetical order by last name. Excerpts from some of these comments appear in the Acknowledgements and the back cover of the book. Click on a name to see the comments in their entirety.
I was 20 years old
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