Thiel, R J

Pack Master Robert (Bud) Joseph Thiel

Family/Last name:
Thiel
Forename(s) and initial(s):
Robert (Bud) Joseph
Nationality:
American
Military Unit:
US Army
Rank when captured:
Pack Master
Place of capture:
Cisterna Italy
Date of capture:
30/12/1943
Camp
Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf / Stalag 344
Data sources
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Tony Kulinski 06:15 AM on June 12, 2009

The remembrance of D-Day caused me to search the web and equally, search the history of a Stalag VIIIB/344. My Uncle had passed away last October 2008. Here is information from his obituary: Robert (Bud) Joseph Thiel ….”Bud left to serve his country Dec. 1, 1942. He served as a U.S. Army Pack Master in North Africa, training mules to carry pack howitzers. Bud was recruited by Darby?s Rangers in North Africa, and after receiving additional training, he shipped out to Italy. On Dec. 30, 1943, not far from the town of Cisterna, near the Anzio Beachhead. Bud was captured and sent off to Stalag VIIIB/344 in Lamsdorf, Germany, and was the only American in the POW camp of 1,500 British. Bud was freed September 1944 and repatriated to the U.S., sent to Switzerland and then on to England for medical care for his injuries he sustained in the battle in Italy where he had been captured, and discharged and returned home to Crandon, Wisconsin, USA April 20, 1945.”  Tony Kulinski

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