James Hayes

Liberator

James recalls 10 days of fighting Germans until they surrendered. While searching for a place for the American soldiers to stay for the night, he encountered a barrack with prisoners. He describes the horrors of those images as well as his efforts to get medical attention to the survivors.

Gender: Male
DOB: Sep 14, 1916
City of birth: Istanbul
Country of birth: Turkey
Country of military service: United States
Camp(s) liberated or visited post-liberation: Kassel (Germany), Ohrdruf (Germany), Buchenwald (Germany)

 

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