230609 PFC. Harold Francis "Red" Fagan United States Army from:Lowell, Massachusetts My father, Harold F. Fagan, was a PFC in the U.S. Army. He saw combat in Europe, where he marched through Paris with American troops when the city was liberated. Later, while in Luxembourg on a short leave, he was captured by German troops and transferred to Stalag 9C. He was imprisoned until the end of the war.
While he did not give a lot of detail about his experiences in the camp, he did say that they were starving and had to steal garbage to survive. It is my understanding that he spent about nine months there before they were liberated. As he was unable to shave and did not have access to a mirror, he did not know that he had a red beard until people started referring to him as "Red".
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