KASTAUFFER Posted November 24, 2010 Author Share #26 Posted November 24, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted November 24, 2010 Author Share #27 Posted November 24, 2010 " Killer" Kane before a mission standing in the back . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted November 24, 2010 Author Share #28 Posted November 24, 2010 Photo taken of a B-24 during the Ploesti Mission Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted November 24, 2010 Author Share #29 Posted November 24, 2010 Photos of Harry's normal assignment , " Big Operator ". It was on this plane that he flew the majority of his missions . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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KASTAUFFER Posted November 24, 2010 Author Share #31 Posted November 24, 2010 Norm Whalen and Harry. Norm was the Navigator on Kane's plane during the Ploesti Mission . John Fontenrose , G. A. Martin and Harry . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted November 24, 2010 Author Share #32 Posted November 24, 2010 After Harry is captured , he is given a " Wartime Log " POW diary by the YMCA and begins to fill it out. 30 of the pages are filled out with a description of how he was captured and his first few months as a POW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted November 24, 2010 Author Share #33 Posted November 24, 2010 Harry's musical interests and activities are very evident in his diary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted November 24, 2010 Author Share #34 Posted November 24, 2010 This label has a VERY interesting history. Harry was an MIS code user in the camp. This means he sent coded letters home that were intercepted, de-coded , and forwarded on to his family ( who had no idea the letters were coded.) This parcel label is from a box sent by a known "Front" used by MIS to send loaded parcels into the camp. MIS would send a notification a loaded parcel was coming and the POW's would intercept it in the sorting room before the Germans could get to it. This box most likely had escape material in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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KASTAUFFER Posted November 24, 2010 Author Share #37 Posted November 24, 2010 Harry was captured with the photo of his wife Bernice in the uper right . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted November 24, 2010 Author Share #38 Posted November 24, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted November 24, 2010 Author Share #39 Posted November 24, 2010 Programs from musical event Harry conducted in camp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted November 24, 2010 Author Share #40 Posted November 24, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted November 24, 2010 Author Share #41 Posted November 24, 2010 Original photo of Harry conducting during a July 1944 musical program. Notice the Luftwaffe officers in the front row. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted November 24, 2010 Author Share #42 Posted November 24, 2010 Copy of the song " All Through the Night" Harry wrote in camp that was later recorded by RCA as part of the POW Exposition . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigJohn#3RD Posted November 24, 2010 Share #43 Posted November 24, 2010 An out standing story of the Service of one of our Hero's from the Greatest Generation. Words cannot adequately express the pride in knowing that this man who helped maintain the standards of both a Warrior and a Prisoner of War. He could have taken the quick trip home after surviving a very Heroic and Vial Mission but he kept driving on, then when captured he maintained communications to our forces to help in escape attempts and keep information about the status of personnel who where unaccounted for. It is a privilege to see this group posted on this forum and should make the family proud that Harry Korger's Service will be in a public domain that will inspire future service member to give their all and to never give up faith in their God, Family or the United States of America. Strength and Honor De Oppresso Liber John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted November 24, 2010 Author Share #44 Posted November 24, 2010 When Harry was captured, the Germans filled out this POW record card. Harry liberated it from the Stalag Luft 1 office after the war Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ww1collector Posted November 24, 2010 Share #45 Posted November 24, 2010 Kurt-great stuff!! Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted November 24, 2010 Author Share #46 Posted November 24, 2010 Harrys POW ID card used by the Germans to verify his identity during roll call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted November 24, 2010 Author Share #47 Posted November 24, 2010 There are almost 100 POW letters in the group. Here is a sample of some of the letters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted November 24, 2010 Author Share #48 Posted November 24, 2010 Press release written by fellow POW and war correspondant Lowell Bennett , about Harry . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted November 24, 2010 Author Share #49 Posted November 24, 2010 Excerpt from an underground newspaper call the " POW WOW " printed in the camp . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted November 24, 2010 Author Share #50 Posted November 24, 2010 Medical report completed in Stalag Luft 1. Note the comments about the injurie he sustained when he was captured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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