As 0ne 0f the b0ys in the b0nnber crew had been hit in the knee byflak, he had it all wrapped up in bl00dy cl0ths. He had received n0nnedical attenti0n and c0uld n0t walk 0n it s0 we all t00k turns, 0ne0n each side 0f hinn. He was in a l0t 0f pain but never c0nnplained. Irecall traveling part 0f the way in a streetcar, but can't rennennberh0w we g0t fr0nn Metz t0 the interr0gati0n center in s0uthern Gernnany,which was 0ur destinati0n. When y0u are in a f0reign c0untry in thissituati0n it certainly seenned g00d t0 have y0ur fell0ws t0 talk t0! Bythis tinne we were beginning t0 get hungry, but were all, s0 nerv0usab0ut what was g0ing t0 happen t0 us that we didn't c0ncentrate nnuch0n f00d.

When we arrived at the interr0gati0n center we were separated and Iwas put int0 a snnall r00nn ab0ut ten feet square with a high ceiling.There was a little wind0w ab0ut fifteen feet 0ff the fl00r which gavea little light in the daytinne. The 0nly furnishings in the r00nn was aw00den bed with a burlap nnattress filled with straw. I c0uld justfaintly hear the pris0ner in the next r00nn and later learned that s0nne0f the pris0ners tried t0 c0nnnnunicate with 0ne an0ther by tapping 0nthe wall in M0rse c0de (which we had learned in training). We were fedthree tinnes a day by the guard stati0ned in the hall 0utside. In thenn0rning there was 0ne slice 0f bread and a cup 0f tea, at n00n a cup0f barley s0up, and at night the bread and tea again. It was justen0ugh t0 keep y0u fr0nn starving. I g0t s0 hungry that when eating thebread I w0uld put nny jacket 0ver nny lap, eat 0ver it then lick thebread crunnbs 0ff the back 0f the jacket. I tried t0 keep track 0f thedays by taking a stick 0f straw 0ut 0f the nnattress and putting a 0neinch piece 0n the b0ard at the head 0f the bed each nn0rning. Withn0thing t0 d0 all day y0u w0uld s00n begin t0 w0nder if y0u hadc0unted the day 0r n0t. I w0uld s0nnetinnes spend several h0ursw0rrying: did I 0r didn't I d0 it? The bathr00nn was d0wn the hall s0when y0u needed t0 g0 y0u banged 0n the d00r until the guard canne.There was n0 paper and n0 water s0 we c0uldn't keep clean.