USAAF Survivors from Sinking of Italian Submarine Narvalo - 14 Jan. 1943

[Edward]

Leendert, thank you very much for tracking down these names.

Holstrom self-published the artwork that he created while a POW

Kriegie Life, A Sketch Book: Illustrated, Written and Published by Carl H. Holstrom, Prisoner of War No. 221
(Self Published 1946) - hardback
(Proctor & Gamble 1980) - paperback
33 pages w/ dozens of illustrations by the author

"Holmstrom was born in Connecticut and studied art at the Pratt Institute in New York prior to his service in the war, which began in 1941. After his plane crashed in Africa he was taken prisoner by German soldiers. During his imprisonment, he was transported from Frankfurt, Germany to Poland and then back to Sagan, Germany. Next, he was transported to Nuremburg during a well-known 200 mile, forced march in a winter blizzard, all before arriving at his last location, Moosburg, Germany where he and many others were liberated by General Patton's Third Army in 1945. The book details these travels, through pictures and words, and the last page contains a glossary of 'Kriegie Terms' used in the book, such as "Around the Bend" = "Mentally Deranged", "Foodacco" = "canteen of food and tobacco", and "Green Death Soup" = "dehydrated vegetable soup". A unique, first-hand look at the terrors of being a German P.O.W."