Edgar Norman Henry |
Edgar Henry in POW ID photograph | World War II, 1939-1946
Army
Headquarters Company, 168th Regiment, 34th Division
Northern Ireland; Scotland; England; Algeria, Tunisia, Africa; Italy; Germany; France
Corporal
Yes
Morgantown, WV
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As a forward observer during action in World War II North Africa, Edgar Henry found
himself dealing with difficult terrain, punishing weather, and an enemy that was better
equipped. He didn't blame the Americans' inexperience for their losses at Kasserine Pass
in February 1943 so much as superior German firepower and air support. During that
battle, Henry and a group of men from his company got lost and were captured by
Germans. He spent the next 27 months in captivity, most of them in Moosburg,
Germany's Stalag VII A camp, where he kept a diary that came in handy years later in
writing a detailed memoir of his war experiences.
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