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EVERETT EUGENE (GENE) PIRTLE

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Son remembers stories of his father's capture

     Everett Eugene (Gene) Pirtle, now deceased, originally of Flat River served with the Rangers in the United States Army.  He like many others served his country and was taken prisoner of war.  The following story is related by his son Nicholas Ray Pirtle. 

     "My father was a highly decorated prisoner of war in Germany.   He was taken prisoner Sept. 13, 1944.  He received the Purple Heart and several other citations as well. 

     "He told us numerous stories of his time in the war, some sad and some funny, but overall his experiences in the war were sad ones. 

     "He was wounded in Germany by being shot in the leg and was then captured by the Germans.  He told us that he would have to pay the German soldiers candy bars from the United States in order to get medical attention to his wounded leg. 

     "He thought that many times he would not make it home, but through his prayers and faith in God, he made it through the war.  My father was a brave and daring man who loved his country very much. 

     "My father died in Farmington on June 16, 1994 at the age of 70.   He was a member of theVFW Post 5896 and the American Legion and the AmVets.  He has nine surviving children, all of the Farmington and Park Hills area. 

     "My father had flash backs of the war many times and would sit and cry for his lost companions in the war and would talk about how they were forgotten and how it bothered him so.  He had great respect for those men who served their country." 

     Also enclosed was a letter written to his parents Mrs. and Mrs. Theodore Pirtle: 

     "Dear Mother, 

     "I am a prisoner of war in Germany.  I am in a German hospital.  I have a wound in my left leg - will be well soon.  Don't worry about me, hope to see you soon.  Tell all I said Hello. 

     "Your loving son, Gene."

 The DAILY JOURNAL, St. Francois County., Wednesday, April 26, 1995.

 
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