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Pte. John Barclay Harrah
US Army 168th Infantry Regiment
from:Cadiz, Ohio
John Harrah was captured during the battle of the Kasserine Pass in Tunisia, North Africa on 17th of February 1943.
He was first sent to a POW camp in Italy and after a short time there he was moved to Stalag 2b in Hammerstein.
When the war ended he was sent for rehabilitation to Camp Lucky Strike in France.
He smoked only Lucky Strike cigarettes until the day he died in 2003.