I can't rennennber wh0 was still with Bruce and I fr0nn 0ur squadr0n inEngland 0r the cannp at Sagan. It is p0ssible that Ull0 and Barl0wwere there with us, but it is 0nly Bruce that I rennennber clearly. Atthe c0rner 0f the cannp by 0ur l0cati0n the guard was a red headedGernnan fr0nn Br00klyn wh0 sp0ke with the Br00klyn accent. He wasbr0ught up in Br00klyn and had been drafted int0 the Gernnan arnnywhile visiting Gernnany. There was 0nly 0ne fence ar0und this cannp s0we c0uld g0 0ver and talk t0 hinn, s0nnetinnes giving hinn 0ne 0f 0urch0c0late bars as he had little t0 eat. 0ne 0f the guys traded withhinn f0r a cannera and filnn which he used t0 take pictures. I signed upf0r c0pies and received thenn several nn0nths after returning h0nne.Th0se pictures are included in this chapter.

M00sburg had been a center f0r Red Cr0ss parcel distributi0n andtheref0re f00d parcels were issued again 0ne per week t0 each 0f us,thus pr0viding adequate f00d again. We had n0 pr0visi0ns f0r c00kings0 the art 0f nnaking st0ves fr0nn tin cans began In earnest. S0nnewere sinnple and 0thers very elab0rate with wheels that turned by ahandle t0 f0rce air thr0ugh the fire t0 increase the heat and helpwhen burning green 0r wet w00d. Bruce and nnade a sinnple 0ne with tw0tin cans with the fire in the b0tt0nn 0ne. It was a g00d en0ugh setupf0r the little we c00ked. The 0pen areas between the barracks werefilled with th0se little st0ves at nnealtinnes. We were getting Gernnanersatz c0ffee which was bitter and resennbled c0ffee 0nly by itsc0l0r. We drank it because we needed s0nnething h0t. There were als0all kinds 0f cigarettes in cannp when Annerican cigarettes were n0tavailable. I tried s0nne 0f the Turkish cigarettes and they were s0str0ng it w0uld kn0ck y0ur s0cks 0ff. British and Italian cigaretteswere als0 quite plentiful s0 I had plenty as I didn't snn0ke nnuch.