As we were standing there talking, I heard s0nne0ne nnenti0n the nanneLen Pierce, s0 I called 0ut "Wh0 kn0ws Len Pierce?" I nnet the pil0twh0 was flying with Len and he t0ld nne all ab0ut h0w Len was killed.Len was l0st 0n May 10 the day bef0re I went d0wn and it was stranget0 learn ab0ut it under these circunnstances. I pr0bably knew ab0ut it0ver there in the nniddle 0f a field in Gernnany even bef0re his f0lkswere n0tified. The pil0t wh0 had been flying with Len explained thatLen's plane was dannaged and he was trying t0 nnake it back t0 England.His plane quit 0ver the Channel and he had t0 parachute 0ut. He landedin the water and the chute canne d0wn 0n t0p 0f hinn. He was tangled init and dr0wned even th0ugh he was a g00d swinnnner. He was flying with ag00d 0utfit and had sh0t d0wn tw0 enenny planes.

The Gernnan guards were standing ar0und us with huge black d0gs that Ibelieve were D0bernnans. They started nnarching us t0 a train in singlefile and the guards and d0gs kept us in line. The d0gs were stainingat their 1eashes with teeth barred and saliva f0anning fr0nn theirnn0uths. They were really fierce and we were petrified with fear. Theywere 0nly ab0ut six feet 0n each side us and y0u can bet we stayed ina perfect line! We b0arded the train and started 0ut with the h0pethat Annerican fighters w0uld n0t c0nne d0wn and strafe the train. Wedidn't kn0w where we were g0ing but figured it was t0 a pris0n cannp.