He was shot down the next day and when
he arrived at the interrogation center the Germans had a large picture
of him receiving the award. It was hanging on the wall of the room
when they brought him in for interrogation. You can understand how
fast their extensive SPY system worked!
The next thing I remember we were all standing out in an open field
waiting for a train. We were each given a cardboard suitcase from the
Red Cross. Wt opened them and mine contained a sweater, pajamas,
toothbrush and paste and several other small items which I forget,
mainly because the sweater took all my attention. It was bright orange
and when I put it on it came down to my knees and the sleeves were
about six inches too long. It was Just straight knitting like a scarf
and was probably done by some Volunteer who knew nothing about
knitting but wanted to help the war effort as best they could. It was
the best present I ever received. It was worth a million dollars to me
under those conditions and I probably had tears in my eyes. I know
everyone said that if the Red Cross were collecting money there that
they could have had everything we owned.
As we were standing there talking, I heard someone mention the name
Len Pierce, so I called out "Who knows Len Pierce?" I met the pilot
who was flying with Len and he told me all about how Len was killed.
Len was lost on May 10 the day before I went down and it was strange
to learn about it under these circumstances.
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