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Pfc. Louis J. Chambers
U.S.Army 106th Inf. Division
from:Gloucester, N.J.
My brother, Lou Chambers served with either 423 or 424 Infantry Regiment and was captured on his 19th birthday on Dec. 19, 1944 in Belgium in the Battle of the Bulge. He was marched over 100 miles in deep snow, then put in freight cars and taken down into Germany to Badorb. He weighed 156 lbs when he was drafted and just 86 lbs after being released by the Russians after 18 months in the POW camp. His feet were saved by a miracle, after the Intern. Red Cross took him to a Paris hospital. When well enough, he was brought home to Fort Dix Hosp. in N.J.
I doubt if any of his comrades are still living, but if anyone has any info of this time, I would appreciate a return E-mail.