VO~. 2, ---...NO. II WOUNDED AMERICANS IN HUNGARY AND YUGOSLAVL\. At the end of June, the lot national Red Cross reported t~r. t th~re were l~ ~ound~d Americ: A U "If r-c N ;C~~~o~c'~o:~::~:;~~ "~:t.!!~~~n: It ISO N E R S 0 F W R B L L It :J" Hunganan mIl1tary hospital . ..... Budapest. A report on the v' ~t hed by the American National Red Cross for the Relatives of Amencan Pnsoners of War and CIvIlian Internees 1S1t stated that the men ~ere being Well cared for by Hung~nan doctors, and r;, N O. 12 WASHINGTON, D. C. DECEMBER 1944 tha.t they were entIrely satisfied Witht "_'--------------------------------------------­ theIr treatment. They were sChed' j uled to be transferred ·to camps in Germany as soon as they had reo covered from their wounds. Un. The 1944 Christmas Package wounded aviators bpought down Nuts, mixed ___________ _________ · %, lb. over Hungary had been moved hristmas Package No. 2, packed are now held. The aim, of course, was Bouillon cubes __________________ 12 promptly to German camps. women volunteers in the Phila· to avoid railroad transport in Ger­ Fruit bars-________ ____________ _· 2 A later report by cable stated hia Center during the hottest many as much as possible. Dates ____ ___ __ _________ ______ __14 oz. that several Lazaretts in Hungary , of . the summ~r, r ~ ached G ~r­ Much thought was given to plan­ Cherries, canned__ ___ __ __ _____ ___ . 6 oz. containing in all about 60 wounded Y. VIa Sweden. m tlm~ for dlS­ ning the 1944 package-the basis of Playing cards-____ ___ _____ ____ ___ . 1 pack it being "turkey and the 'fixins'." A Chewing gum _________________ __ _ 4 pkgs, Americans, were visited on Au st utlOn t.o . .t?-m e ~lcan pnsoners of Butter _________________ _______ _ 3 %, oz, 'd d" k' 5 gu f and clvlhan mternees held by complete list of the contents follows: 17 . BeSI es me Icme Its, 00 cap, trm Games, assorted __________ ____ ___ _. I box Cigarettes __ ___ ____ ____ ___ _______. 3 pkgs, T~e neu: packaging (iente,' at B,"ooklyn, N. Y., which began operations on September 11. ture parcels and 2,~00 stan?ard food [ h :~~~ thousand Christmas pack­ Plum pudding------------------- . 1 lb. Stnce thIS photograph was taken, the volunteers have obtained their regulation blue smocks. Turkey, boned meaL __________ __ %, lb. Smoking tobacco __ ______ ___ __ ____ 1 pkg. packages for Am~ncan pnsoners of sent in 1943 for American pris­ Small sausages-__ ________ ___ ____ 14 lb. Pipe __ __ ___ _____ __ ____________ _ I PACKAGING CENTERS "DOING WELL" war had been ~ehvered to Hungary rs of war and civilian internees in Strawberry jam _____ __ __ _________ 6 oz. Tea ___ __ _______________________ 1 % oz. by the InternatIonal Red Cross, the ope were hardly sufficient to go Candy, assorted ___ ________ __ _____ %, lb. Honey __ ____________ ____________ 6 oz. Since the opening of the new A recent report on a visit to the Washcloth __________ ___ _________. 1 report added. und, although at the time of or- Deviled h a m _~ ________ ___________ · 3 oz. Brooklyn, N. Y:, plant on September Lager Lazarett at Stalag VI G, lo­ Cheddar cheese _________ _________ 14 lb. Pictures (American scenes) ____ __ _ 2 11, the total weekly output of pris­ cated at Bonn-Duisdorf, gave a list Ip June, an International Com. ing, the number seemed exces­ The packages were oner of war food packages has aver­ of the British and American patients mittee Delegate also visited seven e. No chances were paid for by the United aged over 300,000. In the week ended undergoing treatment there. The re­ wounded American aviators hos. len this year. The States government, and October 14, Center No, 1 at Philadel­ port on a wounded sergeant stated: pitalized in the Zemun Lazarett near I shipped in Septem­ the contents in large phia produced 79,911 packages, New Here since November 1943. He had Belgrade. Each man received a Red was fully ~o perc~nt part w ere purchased York 83,871, St. Louis 79,524, and more or less eV3rything broken that food package week. In· e :eu:t:J through the Department Brooklyn 67,455. In the following was humanly possible, including frac­ Cr~ss ev~ ry e~~~~sri~a~s vah.d parcels and clothmg were also d by Germany ft that of Agriculture. week the record figure of 322,044 tures of the skull, basin, back, and Left unsaid, but im­ packages was reached, with Phila­ both legs. But they are all healed now, available. The D e legate'~ report e, and much more plicit in every . package, delphia produci,ng 86,640, New York and his only trouble at present is stated that the men would be trans- n sufficient to cover were the heartfelt wishes 84,158, St. Louis 77,756, and Brook­ an abscess on the right foot. Apart ferred to a "permanent" camp in Ger· se captured since Sep­ lyn 73,490. Up to the end of October, from that, he is doing well, but he many as soon as they had recovered. ber. of the American people for the safe and speedy a grand total of over 18,000,000 pack­ will have to stay here for some time Th~y had no complaints to make on ~ im ila rly , all pre para: return of their kinsfolk. ages had been filled. for further medical supervision. their treatment at Zemun. ns were made-inso- Unfortunately, it was as they could be by not possible to get a spe­ International Com­ ·paalue.renjj s! tp!l{M .r0J aJllllsod 'ttee of the R ed Cross cial Christmas package to American prisoners •Lt££ :u~o..rpa~~Ul~~Pu::q A~~~~p~UM;I~~3:~1I~=U Id the American Red held by Japan, but it is loss-to get the pack­ to be hoped · earnesdy 'es in time to all camps that the large shi pmen t d hospitals in Ger­ of relief supplies held in any housing American Vladivostok, which was s-axaJi Zt nsoners. They were U'nsnv picked up by the Japa­ ..l~tU'l S-ex"SJ. :JO ~ls..te.Alao etriL tpped, along with large nese steamer Hakusan anti ties of standard ttOl1-1 Sl't\bO~ s "[~ .las Maru early in Novem­ rI:Id packages and other ber, will reach the camps pplies, on Red Cross in time for distribution els from Philadel­ pa;nuc.nm~ a~clsod ulllla"lI at Christmas, just as the i . ia to Goteborg, Swe­ l. ~ Gripsholm sup P lie s ~n, and thence trans­ shipped to the Far East .:) ' 0 ' UOl:!U!l{SlIM on Swedish ves­ .::) 'U '~I UOl~U!qscM ~ip p ed in the fall of 1943 liS 'ON l!UU3d !Is to a north German SSOl::) pa"lI ICuopcN uC:J!lamv aq~ reached the men in I lilt[ fairly close to the UIVd t-q pn fsnqnd Contents of the 1944 Christmas package for A mel"ican prisoners of war most of the camps by ~nlps where the largest atld civilian inte"nees in Europe. More than 75,000 01 these packages were 3DV.LSOd 'S 'Il tt61 "M3HW3AON IU nlb ers of Americans . sMpped I,'ollt PMladelpMa. Christmas. '11 7fl ''1 'd <:9£ ':>3S Unan"g .111 A\ JO s.lauospd J 2 VOL. 2, !,-{O. 3 'ON ERS OF WAR BULLETIN _ R~ports on.,:German Camps to over 5,900, according .to dvices from Geneva. The In­ Stalag Luft I each man of e''';'ough to eat. No one quick, panca~e flour, etc. I WO uld ot prisoners in August and Sep­ Lt. Cecil B. Fisher,AAF, who was is suffering from lack of food. Cloth­ send meat since they receive I ef was so large that tents .had through the Red Cross. erected in all three Amencan repatriated from Germany on the ing and shoes are issued to each man P There is a stove in every room unds to house the new arrivals. latest exchange, wrote the following upon his arrival in camp_ Laundry is coal is issued by the German a recently received of. a letter in October from the Walter done by the prisoners themselves. ~epo rt thorities. Although it is cold du? the camp by a representative Reed General Hospital, Washing­ They are required to do no work by ~ the win~er, we suffere~ no ill eD;~ ;ar Prisoners Aid of the YMCA ton, D. C., to a number of relatives the Germans, and anything they do a nd friends of American prisoners There IS als? a hospztal in chat: e of the . is purely voluntary. of two Englzsh doctors, one an e onderful spirit of dzsczPI.zr: e and of war in Stalag Luft I: The YMCA made it possible for ~ellent . surgeon . .We were fortuna ~ tio na l order. All actlVltze~ .are Naturally, I am eager to communi­ us to obtain musical instruments, In haVing a dentzst, too. ated by 100 percent partlczpa- cate with the friends and relatives of sports equipment, and books. We had Stalag LUft I is without doubt , cleanliness is exemplary; and the American prisoners whom I knew two orchestras in camp, one sym­ ~f ,the ':est camps in G ermany ~ I co mradeship among the offi- while in Stalag Luft I. Many have phonic, the other for popular music. zs an AIr Force camp, and they a extraordinary.