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T5 Cpl. Henry Edward Freedman
U.S. Army 422nd Infantry Regiment
from:Boston
Henry Freedman served with the 422nd Infantry Regiment, US Army in WW2. He was captured 19th of December 1944 at Bliealf, Germany and arrived as a POW at Stalag IXB Bad Orb, 25th of December 1944 and was segregated in barracks 32.
On 25th January 1945 he was sent to Stalag IXA, Zeigenhain and was liberated 30th of March 1945. Henry spent a month in hospital in France and arrived back in the States 9th of May 1945 to be discharged 24th of November 1945.
Henry just celebrated his 98th birthday living in Suwanee, Ga.