ACTIVITY DURING WWII
BYRON WAS CAPTURED IN THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE AND SHIPPED IN A RAILROAD BOXCAR TO THE POW CAMP AT BAD ORB IN THE CENTRAL GERMAN STATE OF HESSEN NEAR THE END OF DECEMBER 1944. HIS FAMILY KNEW ONLY THAT HE WAS MISSING IN ACTION. WHEN THE CAMP WAS LIBERATED BY THE 114TH INFANTRY REGIMENT IN APRIL 1945 HE WAS FOUND BY A FELLOW TOWNSMAN FROM FLORA, FRED MCCOLLUM, WHO AS A REGIMENTAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICER, WAS ABLE TO GET A CABLEGRAM TO BYRON'S PARENTS JOYFULLY ADVISING THEM THAT BYRON WAS ALIVE AND WELL.
(This information and the top photo have been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.)
BYRON WAS CAPTURED IN THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE AND SHIPPED IN A RAILROAD BOXCAR TO THE POW CAMP AT BAD ORB IN THE CENTRAL GERMAN STATE OF HESSEN NEAR THE END OF DECEMBER 1944. HIS FAMILY KNEW ONLY THAT HE WAS MISSING IN ACTION. WHEN THE CAMP WAS LIBERATED BY THE 114TH INFANTRY REGIMENT IN APRIL 1945 HE WAS FOUND BY A FELLOW TOWNSMAN FROM FLORA, FRED MCCOLLUM, WHO AS A REGIMENTAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICER, WAS ABLE TO GET A CABLEGRAM TO BYRON'S PARENTS JOYFULLY ADVISING THEM THAT BYRON WAS ALIVE AND WELL.
(This information and the top photo have been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.)
ACTIVITY DURING WWII
BYRON WAS CAPTURED IN THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE AND SHIPPED IN A RAILROAD BOXCAR TO THE POW CAMP AT BAD ORB IN THE CENTRAL GERMAN STATE OF HESSEN NEAR THE END OF DECEMBER 1944. HIS FAMILY KNEW ONLY THAT HE WAS MISSING IN ACTION. WHEN THE CAMP WAS LIBERATED BY THE 114TH INFANTRY REGIMENT IN APRIL 1945 HE WAS FOUND BY A FELLOW TOWNSMAN FROM FLORA, FRED MCCOLLUM, WHO AS A REGIMENTAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICER, WAS ABLE TO GET A CABLEGRAM TO BYRON'S PARENTS JOYFULLY ADVISING THEM THAT BYRON WAS ALIVE AND WELL.
(This information and the top photo have been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.)
BYRON WAS CAPTURED IN THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE AND SHIPPED IN A RAILROAD BOXCAR TO THE POW CAMP AT BAD ORB IN THE CENTRAL GERMAN STATE OF HESSEN NEAR THE END OF DECEMBER 1944. HIS FAMILY KNEW ONLY THAT HE WAS MISSING IN ACTION. WHEN THE CAMP WAS LIBERATED BY THE 114TH INFANTRY REGIMENT IN APRIL 1945 HE WAS FOUND BY A FELLOW TOWNSMAN FROM FLORA, FRED MCCOLLUM, WHO AS A REGIMENTAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICER, WAS ABLE TO GET A CABLEGRAM TO BYRON'S PARENTS JOYFULLY ADVISING THEM THAT BYRON WAS ALIVE AND WELL.
(This information and the top photo have been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.)
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