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Staff-Sergeant Eugene G. Bailey
Served : North-West Europe (captured).
Camps : Stalag IXA and B.
The following is a transcript of the journal that Staff-Sergeant Bailey kept during his time as a prisoner of war, complete with additional notes from his daughter, Diana Thomas. When he was released from captivity, he weighed only 79 pounds. Eugene Bailey died on the 19th July 1979.
Staff Sergeant Eugene G. Bailey World War II
Campaign Battle of The Budge
Taken Prisoner on December 17th 1944
December 12th 1944 - left for Paris
December 13th 1944 -arrived Paris
December 14th 1944- sick
December 15th left Paris stayed in Reames
December 16th arrived Orwen on Belgium Luxburg Germany Boarder - Heavy Arty-bombing
December 17th Heavy arty, bombing 2000 - Town surrounded 2010 - Captured Watch taken Walked all night
December 18th walked all day- 1/3 Loaf bread cheese, marmalade
December 19th in PW cage
December 20th walked all day
December 21st walked all day
December 22nd walked all day
December 23rd Boarded train no food
December 24th on train no food no water
December 25th on train no food little water
December 26th 1/6 loaf, little meat 0100 on train
December 26th left train at 0900 Bad orb Stallager (IXB) Stew at 1200 Bread 1/6 at 1600
December 27th Life in Pw Stew ¾ lieder per day Bread 1/6 loaf …… No recreation at all
December 28-31 Same
Jan 1-24 continue Same-meat -cott, Age cheese-marmalade One or twice a wk
Jan 25th 1945 Boarded train
Jan 26th Arrived STL. 9A No food
Jan 27th- Stew & Bread Food Tea better
Jan 28th Same
Jan 29th Same Food Better but very insufficient French PW donating a few smokes From RC packages
Jan 30th Situation unchanged Getting very thin & weak News excellent Russians - 65 miles from Berlin
Jan 31 Food same-cottage cheese no butter A break in the weather thawing
At this point in the journal I do not know if the dates are for Feb. or March the first entry looks to me like it is
3-1 Situation unchanged
2-3 same
3-4 shaved 1st time since Dec 14 1944
5 war news0 rosins 25miles from Berlin
6 situation unchanged
7 2 letters one card
8 red cross Box 1 per 4 men
9 dined well, smoked well
10 same
11 grub gone smokes too.
12 -20 grub poor-no smokes recreation (I can not tell what it says)
This ends the dates however there is more on the paper.
Marshall imaan 19098805
Blankets-NO GI Bed NU 8
Alex Justus = 36376532=2456
Blankets=No-GI Bed
Ndill Landberg+36220111=2430
Blankets (unreadable)
Lam Mrchunee=20320737=24015
Blankets NO GI Bed NO 108
Wed- 1000-1100 Stockseb by Bolger
Sat. 1000- 1100 making up of a newpaper by jones
Thur Quiz contest 1000-1100
I cont from each section
Fri. winners- Fri.