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Williamson spent several days in interrogation before being transferred to a prisoner of war camp on the Baltic Sea. During the winter, a cold wind roared off the water, just a few blocks away. At night, Allied bombs landed nearby.
He would remain there for 14 grueling months until May 1, 1945, just a week before Allied victory was declared, when Soviet troops pushed from the east "like gangbusters" and liberated his camp.
"They not only liberated us from prison camp, they did so many other good things for us," he said.
Those were heady times. The Americans and the Soviets had both fought against Nazi Germany and Williamson recalled the outpouring of support from the Soviets after President Franklin Roosevelt died.
Williamson spent several days in interrogation before being transferred to a prisoner of war camp on the Baltic Sea. During the winter, a cold wind roared off the water, just a few blocks away. At night, Allied bombs landed nearby.
He would remain there for 14 grueling months until May 1, 1945, just a week before Allied victory was declared, when Soviet troops pushed from the east "like gangbusters" and liberated his camp.
"They not only liberated us from prison camp, they did so many other good things for us," he said.
Those were heady times. The Americans and the Soviets had both fought against Nazi Germany and Williamson recalled the outpouring of support from the Soviets after President Franklin Roosevelt died.
