Nazi hell kills war hero 68yrs on

[Omaha Steve]

Someday an Abu Gharib survivor may have a similar story?

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007350882,00.html

Nazi hell kills war hero 68yrs on

August 03, 2007

A WORLD War Two hero has died of injuries inflicted by Nazi torturers 68 YEARS AGO.

Veteran Peter Vernon-Ward, 86, had his legs smashed with rifle butts while a PoW — leaving ulcers which perforated three years ago.

Doctors warned Peter he faced slow poisoning unless he had a limb amputated. But he refused the surgery — and died last Sunday.

Son Bob said: “He saw having the operation as giving in to the Nazis.”

Peter joined the King’s Royal Rifle Corps aged 17 but was later captured with 1,000 other men in Dunkirk, France.

He was tortured by the Gestapo at a camp in Poland in 1939 for refusing to work in mines, before escaping in 1944.

FULL story and photo at link.

[Adsos Letter]

1. I don't doubt this story but I am confused...

...how could he have suffered at the hands of the Gestapo at a camp in Poland in 1939 when the battle at Dunkirk didn't occur until mid-1940?

Probably just a typo...

[lpbk2713]

2. And how was he able to escape if his legs were so badly battered?

:shrug: