News: Abbotsford, Wis. (May 24, 1945)
Contact: Robert Lipprandt
Email: bob@wiclarkcountyhistory.org
Surname: Rouse
----Source: The Tribune Phonograph (Abbotsford,
Clark Co., WI), Wednesday, May 27, 2009, Page 2
Pvt. Robert Rouse, Ex - Nazi Prisoner, Reported
Safe.
Pvt. Robert S. Rouse, 30, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence e. Rouse, of Stevens Point, formerly of Abbotsford, who
was a German prisoner, is safe and well, according to a letter
received by his parents from an American chaplain in
Germany.
Writing on behalf of the soldier, the chaplain
said Pvt. Rouse would write home at the first
opportunity.
Private Rouse, a Ranger, was reported on March
13, 1944, as missing in action in Italy since Jan. 20, of that
year.
In
April 1944, the parents received word from their son that he was a
German prisoner of War. They have heard from him since, the last
letter dated Jan. 19, 1945, arriving last week.
His wife is a WAC and is stationed at San Bernardino, Calif.
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